UK government to block submarine yard sale

Worried about national security, the UK government appears to be adamant that BAE Systems' sale of its shipbuilding arm should not include its submarine yard at Barrow in Furness. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is reportedly concerned over a change of control of Britain's only nuclear submarine builder which is ...

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