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The treaty's full name is Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Cooperation on the uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes. It allows the US and the UK to exchange nuclear materials, technology and information.
Diplomatic tensions are rising over Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial Chagos Islands deal, with fears the UK government is unable to guarantee whether nuclear weapons will be able to be stored at ...
He listed the “wild threats of tactical nuclear use” by Russia, China building up its weapon stocks, Iran’s failure to co-operate with a nuclear deal, and North Korea’s “erratic ...
“China’s nuclear build-up poses a two-peer challenge to the United States. Iran’s failure to co-operate with the International Atomic Energy Agency is a concern, and North Korea’s ...
Under the partnership, the US and UK will share nuclear propulsion technology with Australia, as they have done with each other since 1958 under the US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement. [ 37 ] [ 55 ] [ 41 ] The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) will acquire at least eight nuclear-powered submarines armed with conventional weapons. [ 41 ]
Under the agreement the United States was given certain assurances by the UK regarding the use of the missiles; however the United States does not have any veto on the use of British nuclear weapons. [9] [10] Some non-nuclear components for the British nuclear warhead are procured from the U.S. for reasons of cost effectiveness. [11]
The UK, US and Australia have agreed to collaborate more closely on undersea warfare technology as they build nuclear-power submarines. Defence Secretary hails ‘new phase’ of Aukus partnership ...
[100] [106] Under the 1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement the UK is allowed to draw upon US warhead design information, but constructing and maintaining warheads for the Trident programme is the responsibility of AWE. [25] US President George H. W. Bush authorised the transfer of nuclear warhead components to the UK between 1991 and 1996. [107]