The UK plans to acquire U.S. F-35A jets and host B61 bombs on its soil for the first time in 17 years.
Weapons
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Strategic Defence Review 2025
The UK released its latest Strategic Defence review, outlining perceived national security threats and responses.
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Scottish National Party, Disarmament and Nuclear Power
Former and current Scottish leaders urge SNP to support multilateral disarmament and nuclear energy
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Did US submarines support the UK’s latest nuclear-armed patrol?
None of the UK’s SSNs were at sea for a three month period up to early October.
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US-UK nuclear sharing treaty to be indefinitely extended
Parliament has until 23rd October to object to the changes.
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New NIS Briefing on Mutual Defence Agreement
Nearly 1,000 components were imported under the MDA between 2020 and 2023.
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Election 2024: what do the manifestos say about nuclear weapons?
An analysis of each party’s policies
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UK nuclear weapons spending rises to £6.5bn
The figure shows a 17% increase from the previous year.
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Astraea: new warhead named in Defence Command paper
The Paper also contained information about completion of the Mk4A warhead upgrade and work on a new submarine reactor
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AUKUS plans progress with BAE announcement
The partnership is taking shape, but there are problems with production of Virginia-class submarines
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Vanguard’s failed Trident launch: what do we know?
This is the second consecutive failure, following one in 2016.
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NIS briefing on Devonport Dockyard
An overview of the dockyard where the UK’s nuclear submarines are maintained.