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HMS ''Vigilant'' is the third of the Royal Navy. ''Vigilant'' carries the Trident ballistic missile, the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent. ''Vigilant'' was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (now BAE Systems Submarine Solutions), was launched in October 1995, and commissioned in November 1996. Peter Hennessy reporting for the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, reported from ''Vigilant'' on 28 December 2007. He reported that there is a grey safe in the control room that has an inner safe that only the commanding officer and executive officer can open. In that safe is a letter from the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the letter of last resort, which contains guidance and orders to be followed should the United Kingdom be attacked with nuclear weapons. The French Navy also have a SSBN in service called ''Vigilant''. ==Operational history== In 2002, protestors from Trident Ploughshares breached security at Faslane Naval Base where the ''Vanguard''-class submarines are based. Two protestors managed to spray paint ''Vigilant'' with the CND symbol and the word "Vile". ''Vigilant'' arrived at Devonport on 11 October 2008 for a major refit. ''Vigilant'' returned to the fleet on 27 March 2012 after her £300m refit. In 2013, she test fired her main weapon, a firing of the Trident D5 after three years.〔(Vigilant crew honoured for work leading to successful missile test firing ), royalnavy.mod.uk, 05/06/2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Vigilant (S30)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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