Important Takeaways:

• Britain to test fire nuke missile in major show-of-force with sub launching 44ft Trident 2 for first time since 2016
• Officials issued a warning to shipping as nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard sailed into the Atlantic this week.
• It is the first time the UK has test fired a missile since a botched launch in 2016.
• And it follows a drumbeat of warnings that the world is careering to World War Three.
• The Sun understands the £4bn sub is scheduled to test fire an unarmed missile after completing a seven year refit in Plymouth.
• The tests are the final hurdle for HMS Vanguard to re-enter service as part of the UK’s nuclear deterrent fleet.
• The 30-year-old submarine was pictured sailing from Port Canavarel in Florida on Tuesday morning.
• The Navy hailed the doomsday vessel as a 491ft “colossus” that can patrol undetected for months at a time.
• She can carry up to 16 Trident 2 D5 missiles, each armed with multiple British-made warheads that are each more than 20 times more powerful than the weapons dropped in World War Two on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
• The sub is expected to launch a single unarmed missile from 90km off the US east coast.

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