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October 1, 2018
The Skripal assassination attempt was “not a rogue operation,” says UK Prime Minister May.
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July 1, 2018
UK Passes Safeguards Bill
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May 1, 2018
Funds Released for UK Nuclear Subs
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April 1, 2018
Assassination attempt indicates Russia has a nerve agent in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
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April 1, 2018
UK Debates Plans for Euratom Exit
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July 10, 2017
By Stanislav Abaimov and Paul Ingram, British American Security Information Council, June 2017
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January 14, 2016
A new defense review by the UK government estimates the cost of building four new ballistic missile submarines to be 31 billion pounds (about $45.5 billion)...
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November 2, 2015
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July 8, 2015
The Royal Navy dismissed a seaman whose online allegations of safety breaches aboard the United Kingdom’s nuclear-armed submarines were rejected by the Ministry of Defence.
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June 2, 2015
The victory of Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative party in the United Kingdom’s May 8 parliamentary election will protect the country’s submarine-based nuclear deterrent from disarmament advocates hoping to curb or eliminate it...
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March 2, 2015
The United Kingdom has reduced its nuclear arsenal by 25 percent, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told the House of Commons on Jan. 20.
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October 1, 2014
Voters in Scotland rejected independence in a Sept. 18 referendum that threatened to break up the United Kingdom and force relocation of UK nuclear forces.
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September 29, 2014
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August 29, 2014
The United States and the United Kingdom revised and extended their long-standing nuclear forces cooperation agreement in July, with President Barack Obama declaring that “continu[ing] to assist the United Kingdom in maintaining a credible nuclear deterrent” is in the U.S. national interest.
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July 2, 2014
On Sept. 18, Scotland is to vote on whether to become an independent country. The results could force costly changes in the United Kingdom’s nuclear-armed submarine fleet.