Nuclear Information Service update: April 2024
Posted: 12th April 2024
AUKUS plans progress with BAE announcement
With the announcement that BAE Systems will help to build the Australian SSN-AUKUS submarines, the partnership is taking shape. However, slow production of Virginia-class submarines in the US may entail future problems. MoreAstraea: new warhead named in Defence Command paper
The name of the forthcoming UK warhead was revealed in the the Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command Paper. The Command Paper also contained information about completion of the Mk4A warhead upgrade and work on a new submarine reactor. MoreParliamentary Committee identifies gap in MOD spending scrutiny
In a recent report the Public Accounts Committee said that some aspects of the MOD’s Equipment Plan spending were not being properly scrutinised by parliament and said the MOD lacked the “discipline to balance its budget”. More201 days: HMS Vengeance completes another long patrol
Following a 195-day patrol by HMS Vigilant, this second consecutive patrol of more than six months is thought to be the second-longest on record. MoreVanguard’s failed Trident launch: what do we know?
NIS Director David Cullen analyses what we know about HMS Vanguard’s failed test launch, in a piece originally published in February. MoreNational Library of Scotland receives the Ainslie Archive
Following our digitisation project, the ‘special collection’ of John Ainslie’s archive of over 3000 documents, reports, press-cuttings, de-classified Cold War memos and other documents has gone to its permanent home. MoreClick to Donate £3A very big thank you to everyone who helps sustain our work. Donations and grants ensure we can keep investigating and reporting on the UK nuclear weapons programmes and related issues. Our work supports campaign groups and informs the public, press, parliamentarians, academics and other researchers.
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