US Exports of WMD to UK
THE US EXPORTS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION TO BRITAIN UNDER AN
AGREEMENT MADE IN 1958. BUT EVERY TEN YEARS IT HAS TO BE RENEWED BY
CONGRESS AND 2004 IS A YEAR IT HAS TO BE RENEWED.
US SUPPLIES OF WMD TO BRITAIN ARE CRUCIAL TO BRITAIN'S SUPPORT FOR US
POLICY.
PRESENT US WMD EXPORTS TO THE UK INCLUDE TRIDENT D5 MISSILES AND NUCLEAR
WEAPONS COMPONENTS AND TECHNOLOGY. THESE ARE LISTED BELOW IN AN
OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY UK OFFICIALS IN PARLIAMENT TO ANTI NUCLEAR MP ALAN
SIMPSON.
FOR YEARS BRITAIN ALSO EXPLODED ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS AT THE NEVADA TEST
SITE.
THIS IS THE PRESENT SET OF WORK ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS BEING CONDUCTED
BETWEEN THE US AND THE UK
parliament.uk
Hansard
House of Commons
Written Answers
Mutual Defence Agreement:
Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list
the joint working groups since 1997 conducted under the auspices of the
1958 Mutual Defence Agreement. [134906]
Mr. Caplin: Joint Working Groups conducted since 1997 under the auspices
of the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement have exchanged technical information
on the following subjects: Radiation Simulation and Kinetic Effects
Technology
Energetic Materials
Nuclear Materials
Warhead Electrical Components and Technologies
Non-nuclear Materials
Nuclear Counter Terrorism Technology
Facilities
Nuclear Weapons Engineering
Nuclear Warhead Physics
Computational Technology
Aircraft, Missile and Space System Hardening
Laboratory Plasma Physics
Manufacturing Practices
Nuclear Warhead Accident Response Technology
Nuclear Weapon Code Development
Nuclear Weapon Environment and Damage Effects
Methodologies for Nuclear Weapon Safety Assurance
Dan Plesch
Research Fellow
Birkbeck College
London University
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