Labour and the Scottish National Party are urging the government to give a full explanation to MPs on how a test firing of a Trident missile went wrong.
The unarmed missile reportedly veered off course a few weeks before MPs voted to renew the nuclear weapons system.
The Ministry of Defence says submarine HMS Vengeance and its crew were "successfully tested".
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said it was "extremely worrying" Parliament had not been told of June's incident.
Nia Griffith, Labour's shadow defence secretary, is calling for the prime minister to give "a full explanation" to MPs later.
Meanwhile, Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon - a long-standing opponent of Trident, whose submarines are based at Faslane, on the River Clyde - said the apparent misfire was a "hugely serious issue".
The SNP leader tweeted: "There should be full disclosure of what happened, who knew what/when, and why the House of Commons wasn't told."
Source:-BBC
The unarmed missile reportedly veered off course a few weeks before MPs voted to renew the nuclear weapons system.
The Ministry of Defence says submarine HMS Vengeance and its crew were "successfully tested".
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said it was "extremely worrying" Parliament had not been told of June's incident.
Nia Griffith, Labour's shadow defence secretary, is calling for the prime minister to give "a full explanation" to MPs later.
Meanwhile, Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon - a long-standing opponent of Trident, whose submarines are based at Faslane, on the River Clyde - said the apparent misfire was a "hugely serious issue".
The SNP leader tweeted: "There should be full disclosure of what happened, who knew what/when, and why the House of Commons wasn't told."
Source:-BBC
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