Professor John Simpson provides a guide to the nuclear implications of the government’s October 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.
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British Pugwash Annual Report 2010
Key topics: Advancing UK and European leadership in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in the runup to the May 2010 NPT Review Conference; Report: The Management of Separated Plutonium in the UK; mapping disarmament in the UK
Money spent on Trident can’t go on troops
British Pugwash executive committee member Gen. Sir Hugh Beach and three other former senior military commanders publish a letter in The Times questioning if the UK nuclear deterrent is value for money.
The End of Nuclear Sharing? US Nuclear Weapons in Europe
General Sir Hugh Beach ‘The End of Nuclear Sharing? US Nuclear Weapons in Europe’ (December 2009) RUSI Journal, Vol 154 (6). Read a short summary
Securing Fissile Materials
26 November 2009. A VERTIC/British Pugwash joint event to launch a new British Pugwash Report, The Management of Separated Plutonium in the UK.
Report of the Working Group on the Management of Separated Plutonium in the UK
Report of the Working Group on the Management of Separated Plutonium in the UK (November 2009), based on the findings of its working group set up in 2008 to explore options for the management of separated plutonium in the UK.