UK nuclear warhead numbers and the Integrated Review A technical note by Nukewatch UK

Posted: 11th April 2021

The UK Government has secretly boosted the number of Trident nuclear
warheads stored on the Clyde over the last five years, according to an
analysis of bomb convoys. Nukewatch, which monitors the transport of
nuclear weapons, estimated that 37 new warheads were delivered from England
to Scotland between 2015 and 2020. Nine were added in 2019 and 13 in 2020,
it said. In March the Ministry of Defence (MoD) reversed a ten-year-old
disarmament plan by announcing the “ceiling” on the UK’s nuclear
weapons stockpile would increase from 225 to 260 because of
“technological and doctrinal threats”. But Nukewatch argued this
increase has already happened without the public being told. It accused
Westminster of failing to provide a “fully accurate picture” and of
risking “catastrophic consequences”.

The Ferret 11th April 2021

https://theferret.scot/sleekit-increase-trident-nuclear-warheads/

The National 11th April 2021

https://www.thenational.scot/news/19224671.behind-secret-rise-nuclear-weapons-clyde-uk-government/

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