More talking up of "tactical" nukes for the UK

Posted: 16th June 2025

This one is a report by Alan West, former Blair adviser. It does at least acknowledge that the move would mean withdrawing from the NPT, thus:

 

“Developing a Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapon (NSNW), whilst financially and technologically

more feasible (£7 billion over 10 years), also has significant obstacles – not least our obligations to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). To withdraw from the Treaty would, at the least, require close coordination with European partners.”

 

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Report at Policy Exchange

 

 

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