The publication of the Integrated Review of Defence and Security Policy has confirmed that the UK’s nuclear warhead stockpile will increase to 260 by the middle of the decade, ending over 30 years of gradually declining stockpile numbers. The UK currently has around 180 nuclear warheads, stored in Coulport in […]
Monthly archives: March 2021
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The Government is set to announce an increase in the number of Trident nuclear warheads the UK will hold when the Integrated Review of foreign and defence policy is published on Tuesday 16 March. The number of warheads the UK holds has been decreasing since its peak of around 500 […]