1999 United Kingdom Special Weapons News |
- LAST TRIDENT SUBMARINE ARRIVES WITH A VENGEANCE Ministry of Defence 422/99 26 November 1999 HMS VENGEANCE will be the fourth and final boat to enter the Trident Fleet.
- TRANSFER OF NUCLEAR CONVOY RESPONSIBILITIES 289/99 15 July, 1999 Responsibility for the routine movement of nuclear weapons within the United Kingdom is being transferred from the RAF to the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP).
- MOD INVESTS IN US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY Ministry of Defence 230/99 9 June, 1999 The Ministry of Defence has announced plans to invest in the US National Ignition Facility in return for guaranteed UK use.
- UK'S LATEST MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE BLASTS OFF Ministry of Defence 051/99 February 27, 1999 The Ministry of Defence's latest military communications satellite, SKYNET 4E, was launched last night from the European Space Agency's launch site at Kourou in French Guyana.
- BIOLOGICAL DEFENCE TRIALS REVIEW PUBLISHED Ministry of Defence 035/99 February 9, 1999 An independent review, commissioned by the Ministry of Defence, into the Biological Defence Trials of the 1960s-70s is published today.
