2012 John’s contribution to this study explores the UK’s nuclear weapon modernization programme. He discusses the status of the UK’s nuclear forces, the timescale and costs of replacing Trident, relevant international law, and the domestic political debate on nuclear issues. By John Ainslie Download if the embedded viewer has a problem
Tag: United Kingdom
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Assuring Destruction Forever: Modernization in the UK (2012)
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An alternative future for the Scottish shipbuilding and aerospace industries
By John Ainslie Download if the embedded viewer has a problem
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Unacceptable Damage
2013 This report examines the “damage criteria” used by the MOD in planning the UK’s nuclear weapons programme and more recent replacements, and how a desire for particular weapons systems has reshaped the amount of damage considered acceptable. By John Ainslie Download if the embedded viewer has a problem
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Trident Shambles
March, 2016 This report explores the many controversies and problems involving the Trident renewal programme. Trident is a huge and very expensive project which has been badly managed. The Ministry of Defence have also significantly downplayed Trident’s true cost and underestimated how long it will take to build nuclear-armed submarines. By John Ainslie Download if […]
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Strathearn ‘Can I protect my farm? Nuclear Winter.’
No date.
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Peter Davies, ‘Health and Social Service Journal, A war of ideas.’
31 January 1985.
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Shrewsbury Chronicle, ‘Letters, Thinking the unthinkable.’
08 June 1984.
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The Guardian, Andrew Veitch, ‘WHO Study says no health service could cope with 1-megaton bomb.’
03 March 1984.
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Sanity, Eric Alley et al, ‘Civil defence protect or protest.’
December 1985.
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New Statesman, Trevor Brown, ‘From the other side of the wire.’
20 September 1985.
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Scrutiny, Duncan Campbell, ‘Conscripts for American forces plan admitted.’
28 March 1986.
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The Guardian, ‘Gun law plans to keep order after the bomb.’
10 April 1986.
