The US has more than 100 nuclear weapons at its Lakenheath base in Suffolk, three times the number previously thought, a respected US research agency said yesterday. The 110 tactical nuclear bombs kept at the East Anglian base – the home of American F-15 strike jets – are among as many as 480 such weapons the US still deploys in Europe, says the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC), a private arms control and environmental group.
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Parliamentary question: US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement
Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the last transfer of nuclear material between the United States and Britain under the Mutual Defence Agreement took place; and if he will make a statement. [214246]
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Mr. Hoon: The 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement makes provision for the transfer of special nuclear materials. Such transfers are in connection with nuclear warhead assurance and stockpile stewardship matters. Precise details of such transfers are being withheld in order to safeguard national security.
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SEPTEMBER 2003 UPDATE
2002 STRATEGY PLAN
FOR THE ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT (AWE) ALDERMASTONAWE Site Development Strategy Plan
To date, no Notice of Planning has been received by West Berkshire Council
from AWE regarding the new Strategy Plan, although a site has been cleared
for the new accommodation and conference centre. It is now 15 months since -
JULY 2003 UPDATE
2002 STRATEGY PLAN
FOR THE ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT (AWE) ALDERMASTONAWE Test Facilities to Comply with the CTBT
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JUNE 2003 UPDATE
2002 STRATEGY PLAN
FOR THE ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT (AWE) ALDERMASTONNotice of Proposed Development (NoPD)
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Britain boosts nuclear bomb research
- 09:30 24 May 2003
- Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition
- Rob Edwards
Hundreds of extra scientists are being sought to work on BritainĀ¹s nuclear bomb programme. Their job will be to maintain BritainĀ¹s Trident warheads, to help ensure that new weapons can be designed in the future and to conduct joint research with the US.
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MAY 2003 UPDATE
2002 STRATEGY PLAN
FOR THE ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT (AWE) ALDERMASTONStrategy Plan & Tritium Evaporator Notices
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Hansard on Trident Jan – Feb 2000
Trident shiplift, crewing, Franco-British Co-operation, Trident in Gibraltar and Brest. House of Commons, Written Questions 10 Jan 2000 : Column: 92W Faslane Shiplift Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions since 19 June the shiplift at Faslane has been used by (a) submarines and (b) surface ships; and if he will make a statement. [103411] Mr.