A missile test of Britain’s Trident nuclear missile ended in failure off the coast of Florida last June. The missile was not carrying a nuclear warhead. The missile veered toward the U.S. coast, but the trajectory was part of an automatic self-destruct sequence. The missile diverted into the ocean — an automatic procedure when missile electronics detect an anomaly. A month after the test, the U.K. parliament approved the renewal of Trident program at a cost of £40 billion. House of Commons members, unaware of the failure, voted by 472 votes to 117 in favor of renewal.