Angus Robertson asks if MoD will place the Defence Nuclear Executive Board's...
'Questions and Answers' database Nuclear Weapons 26 January 2015 221407 Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the most recent version of the...
View Article'Wrap up Trident!': Protest in London against £100bn nuke replacement plan
Source: Russia Today Original post date: 24 January 2015Thousands of CND campaigners wrapped the UK Ministry of Defence in a two-mile long 'peace scarf' to protest the imminent overhaul of the...
View ArticleUnlocking the Puzzle of China’s Neutron Bomb
Source: The National Interest Original post date: 27 January 2015Why does China develop weapons systems that it opposes? China criticizes U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems, but conducted...
View ArticleNetanyahu defends speech to Congress about threat of Iran nuclear deal
Source: The Guardian Original post date: 27 January 2015Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu defended on Sunday a planned speech to Congress about Iran, saying he had a moral obligation to take...
View ArticleUS-Russian rift threatens security of nuclear material
Source: The Guardian Original post date: 25 January 2015One of the greatest boons brought to the world by the end of the Cold War was the agreement been the US and the countries of the former Soviet...
View ArticleRebecca Johnson's opening speech at the Wrap Up Trident rally
Date: 24 January 2015Dr Rebecca JohnsonRebecca Johnson's opening speech at the Wrap Up Trident rally[CND Vice President, Action AWE core group and Wrap up Trident demo coordinator]It’s brilliant...
View ArticleTrident 'could quit Scotland for Wales': Secret plan for nuclear subs...
Source: Daily Mail Original post date: 28 January 2015Defence officials have secretly started examining plans to move Britain’s nuclear-armed submarines from Scotland to Wales, the Daily Mail can...
View ArticleParliamentary Update: 28th Jan 2014
Date: 28 January 2015 Nuclear Weapons Policy Liaison Group Read about the latest political activity around nuclear weapons in the UK, including the Opposition Day Debate about Trident...
View ArticleDouglas Alexander rejects Trident deal with SNP
Source: The Telegraph Original post date: 1 February 2015Douglas Alexander has poured cold water on the prospect of a power-sharing deal between Labour and the SNP after the general election by...
View ArticleAngus Robertson asks the Defence Secretary, what is the estimate year-on-year...
'Questions and Answers' database Trident 2 February 2015 222052 Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the year-on-year future spending on the...
View ArticleAngus Robertson asks MoD, when the main gate business case for the successor...
Questions and Answers database Trident Submarines 4 February 2015 222314 Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the main gate business case for the successor to the Trident...
View ArticleAP Exclusive: US, Iran discussing nuclear talks compromise
Source: The Washington Post Original post date: 4 February 2015VIENNA — With time for negotiations running short, the U.S and Iran are discussing a compromise that would let Iran keep much of its...
View ArticleObama proposes boost to spending for nuclear armaments
Source: Center for Public Integrity Original post date: 6 February 2015The Obama administration has proposed to boost spending on the U.S. stockpile of nuclear warheads at a higher rate than for...
View ArticleJoint Statement from the Nuclear-Weapon States at the London P5 Conference
Source: gov.uk Original post date: 6 February 2015Joint statement issued by the People’s Republic of China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States:read more
View ArticleTrident: Parliament debates £100bn project - at last
Source: The Guardian Original post date: 20 January 2015Today, Tuesday, a number of MPs are questioning why Britain needs to renew its fleet of Trident submarines equipped with intercontinental...
View ArticleLord Wigly asks Her Majesty's Government, whether they consider moving...
Hansard Nuclear Submarines 12 February 2015 HL4513 Lord Wigly: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the report in the Scottish Daily Mail on 28 January, whether they have considered moving...
View ArticleScrapping Trident would be 'fundamental' in Labour/SNP coalition agreement
Source: ITV News Original post date: 11 February 2015Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told ITV News scrapping the Trident nuclear programme would be a "fundamental" issue in a potential...
View ArticleSNP: Moves to replace nuclear weapons "utterly wrong".
Source: Scottish National Party Media Centre Original post date: 17 February 2015Replacing Trident with a nuclear deterrent dropped from the air would be "utterly wrong" and the plan "misses the...
View ArticlePresident of the ICRC - Nuclear Weapons: Ending a threat to Humanity
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross Original post date: 19 February 2015"The 70th anniversary of the first use of nuclear weapons is the moment to signal that the era of nuclear weapons...
View ArticleIran still stalling U.N nuclear inquiry as deal deadline looms
Source: Reuters Original post date: 20 February 2015Iran has still not addressed specific issues that could feed suspicions it may have researched an atomic bomb, a U.N. watchdog report showed on...
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