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.
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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.
British Pugwash Annual Report 2009
Top issues: UK related nuclear weapons issues, particularly government’s decision to proceed with renewing Trident; non-proliferation and disarmament issues.
The validity of the rationale for UK’s possession of nuclear weapons
‘The validity of the rationale for UK’s possession of nuclear weapons’ (January 2009) Professor Robert Hinde argues that “the basic reasons that have been given for retaining or improving our nuclear weaponry have remained surprisingly similar across the years”. Read the article