2007 United Kingdom Special Weapons News |
- Summit debates Scotland's future without nuclear missiles IRNA 22 Oct 2007 -- A summit to develop a strategy to stop Scotland being used as a base for Britain's Trident nuclear missiles opened in Glasgow Monday.
- British military confirms atomic bomb incident at base in Germany IRNA 03 Sep 2007 -- An unidentified spokeswoman for the German -based British military confirmed Monday a report about an atomic bomb incident at a Royal Air Force base in the west German town of Brueggen on May 2, 1984.
- Report: Britain Tested Chemical Weapons on Indian Colonial Troops VOA 02 Sep 2007 -- A British newspaper says British military scientists tested a chemical weapon on Indian colonial troops during more than a decade of experiments before and during World War Two.
- UK orders new nuclear attack submarine for Royal Navy - MoD RIA Novosti 21 May 2007 -- Britain's Ministry of Defense said Monday it had placed an order for the construction of a new nuclear-powered attack submarine with a UK-based company.
- UK completes destruction of old chemical weapons - official IRNA 27 Mar 2007 -- Britain has finally destroyed the last of its holdings of old chemical weapons, Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram declared Tuesday.
- Britain eliminates its chemical weapons stock RIA Novosti 27 Mar 2007 -- Britain has completed the elimination of its chemical weapons stock several weeks ahead of the planned date, British Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram said Tuesday.
- Nuclear rebellion shows Blair a "lame duck," says former speaker IRNA 15 Mar 2007 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair's authority is being called into question following the biggest rebellion by nearly half of Labour's backbench MPs over his controversial plans to renew the country's Trident nuclear missile system.
- British parliament votes to renew nuclear deterrent RIA Novosti 15 Mar 2007 -- The British House of Commons voted for a government plan to modernize the country's nuclear arsenal, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Thursday.
- Britain Debates Future of its Nuclear Defense VOA 14 Mar 2007 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair is facing a political revolt in his own Labor Party in proposing Britain should modernize its nuclear-armed submarines as part of its nuclear deterrent strategy
- Blair chided over need for Tory support to renew nuclear missiles IRNA 14 Mar 2007 -- Conservative leader David Cameron Wednesday chided Prime Minister Tony Blair over his dependence on the main opposition party's support to win parliamentary approval to build a new generation of nuclear arms.
- UK secretly upgrading nuclear weapons - the Guardian IRNA 14 Mar 2007 -- Britain's Trident nuclear missiles are already being secretly upgraded to increase their accuracy and ability to attack a wider range of targets, a leading daily reported Wednesday.
- UK minister resigns to join rebellion over replacing Trident IRNA 12 Mar 2007 -- Deputy leader of the House of Commons Nigel Griffiths confirmed Monday that he was resigning from the government because he could not support Wednesday's parliamentary vote to approve the replacement of the country's Trident nuclear missiles.
- UK faces legal challenge over replacing nuclear missiles IRNA 09 Mar 2007 -- The British government is facing a legal challenge over its claim that its controversial plans to replace the country's Trident nuclear missiles is compatible with the Non- Proliferation Treaty.
- Nuclear disarmament timetable "difficult to define", says UK IRNA 23 Feb 2007 -- The timetable under which the five permanent members of the UN Security Council are obliged to end the nuclear arms race and disarm under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is difficult to define, according to Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells.
- UK seeks to station US 'Son of Star Wars' on its soil IRNA 23 Feb 2007 -- The British government confirmed Friday that it was holding talks with the Bush Administration over the possibility of siting part of the controversial US missile defence system on UK soil.
- UK denies breaching NPT by replacing nuclear missiles IRNA 06 Feb 2007 -- The British government has denied that its plan to replace the country's Trident nuclear missiles breaches the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
- Over 50 MPs call on Blair to delay vote on nuclear replacement IRNA 12 Jan 2007 -- Over 50 MPs are calling on Prime Minister Tony Blair to delay a parliamentary vote on his controversial plans to replace Britain's submarine-based Trident nuclear missiles.
- UK revises mistaken plutonium figures for IAEA IRNA 11 Jan 2007 -- The British government has admitted in making a mistake in plutonium stock figures submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that is designed to ensure civil nuclear materials are not diverted for military use.
- UK refuses to say if US helps to test its nuclear missiles IRNA 11 Jan 2007 -- Defence Secretary Des Browne has declined to say whether simulations and experiments at the strategic US Sandia laboratories in New Mexico were carried out in support of the UK's American-made Trident missile system.
- UK lacking skills to develop new nuclear submarines, warn MPs IRNA 09 Jan 2007 -- A parliamentary committee has expressed 'serious concern' about the shortage of essential skills at the UK's Ministry of Defense (MoD) ahead of government plans to build a new generation of nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines (SSBNs).
