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AWE is tasked to help the United Kingdom maintain a credible and effective minimum nuclear deterrent: To maintain the warheads for the Trident nuclear deterrent safely and reliably in service. To maintain a capability to design a new weapon, should it ever be required. To complete the dismantling and disposal of redundant warheads replaced by ...
The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Aldermaston, formerly the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE), is situated on a 750-acre (300 ha) site near Reading in Berkshire. [ 240 ] [ 241 ] It was built on the site of the former RAF Aldermaston , which was converted to nuclear weapons research, design and development establishment, and ...
A December 2006 Ministry of Defence white paper, entitled "The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent", recommended that the nuclear weapons should be maintained and outlined measures that would do so until the 2040s. It advocated the currently preferred submarine-based system, as it remained the cheapest and most secure deterrence ...
Prospect members working for the Atomic Weapons Establishment are to be balloted on industrial action in a dispute over pay. Workers maintaining Trident nuclear weapons to vote on strike action ...
Labour has called for assurances over Britain’s nuclear deterrent after reports that a Trident missile test failed for the second time in a row. Trident: The ins and outs of Britain’s nuclear ...
NATO is kicking off its annual "Steadfast Noon" nuclear exercise on Monday. More than 60 aircraft, including nuclear-capable fighter jets, will take part.
British nuclear weapons are designed and developed by the UK's Atomic Weapons Establishment. The United Kingdom has four Vanguard-class submarines armed with nuclear armed Trident missiles. The principle of operation is based on maintaining deterrent effect by always having at least one submarine at sea, and was designed during the Cold War ...
NATO’s nuclear deterrence relies in part on U.S. warheads deployed in Europe using local infrastructure. A number of NATO countries contribute aircraft for use in a nuclear role, along with ...