The UK has been a nuclear weapons state since 1952 – and during the Cold War it maintained both tactical and strategic air-launched nuclear weapons.
The last British aircraft to carry tactical nukes was the Tornado – the Typhoon is not nuclear-capable – but that is set to change with the purchase of 12 F-35A Lightning jets.
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