This briefing compiles all the official statements on the subject of nuclear modernisation in NPT meetings since 2015 and in the Open Ended Working Group and negotiations for the TPNW.
US Warheads latest news
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Film Screening: Command and Control
Free Film Screening December 8th 7.30pm -9.30pm (92mins) followed by discussion time.
Reading International Solidarity Centre, 35-39 London Street, Reading RG1 4PS (Conference hall)
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Sex, drugs and violence: Coronation Street plot lines? No – all in a day’s work for USAF nuclear missile teams.
Drug abuse, cheating, and drunkenness may sound like plotlines from a television soap opera, but they are real life issues currently confronting the US Air Force's nuclear missile launch crews.
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NIS Update: March 2011
US-UK CO-OPERATION ON WARHEAD FUSE DESIGN PAVES THE WAY TOWARDS A NEW BRITISH WARHEAD
UK nuclear weapon scientists are co-operating with colleagues in the USA to develop upgrades to a US nuclear warhead design, according to budget documents prepared by the US Department of Energy.
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NIS Update: February 2011
AWE BURGHFIELD PLANNING APPLICATION RESUBMITTED
The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) has submitted a planning application to West Berkshire Council to extend the time limit for construction of a new conventional manufacturing rationalisation (CMR) facility at AWE Burghfield.
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Size is important
The USA has released information about the size of its nuclear weapons stockpile
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Hansard on US/UK nuclear weapons cooperation
Parliamentary Answers on Nuclear Weapons, 27 Feb 2009 : Column 1149W
Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether British personnel were involved in the design competition for the Reliable Replacement Warhead. [258416]
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US using British atomic weapons factory for its nuclear programme
The US military has been using Britain's atomic weapons factory to carry out research into its own nuclear warhead programme, according to evidence seen by the Guardian.
US defence officials said that “very valuable” warhead research has taken place at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston in Berkshire as part of an ongoing and secretive deal between the British and American governments.
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Hansard on Trident, USA, July 22nd 2008
Mrs. Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many US nuclear warheads are based in the United Kingdom; when he last discussed with the US authorities their withdrawal of warheads from the UK; and if he will make a statement. [218747]
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Hansard on Nuclear Weapons, USA and Submarine Accidents, 7th Jul 2008
USA: Nuclear Weapons
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many US nuclear weapons are maintained at (a) RAF Lakenheath, (b) other UK mainland bases and /(c)/ UK bases overseas; and if he will make a statement. [215792]
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Hansard on Nuclear Weapons, 7th July 2008
7 July 2008 : Column 1154W, USA Nuclear Weapons
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many US nuclear weapons are maintained at /(a)/ RAF Lakenheath, /(b)/ other UK mainland bases and /(c)/ UK bases overseas; and if he will make a statement. [215792]
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U.S. Nuclear Weapons Withdrawn From the United Kingdom
If the information that 110 US tactical nuclear 'freefall' bombs have been removed from Lakenheath is confirmed, the risk of a nuclear air or ground accident involving US nuclear weapons in the UK will have gone, making East Anglia a safer place.