â€˜UK designs secret nuclear warheadâ€™

STEED · 03-13-06, 02:49 PM

http://indiamonitor.com/news/readNews.jsp?ni=10924

EVery time I hear these stories from around the world how can they be secret when they pop up in the press

Link is a bit crap here's the info -

Monday, March 13, 2006, London: Britain has been secretly designing a new nuclear warhead in conjunction with the United States, provoking a legal row over the proliferation of nuclear weapons, a media report claimed here on Sunday. The government has been pushing ahead with the programme while claiming that no decision has been made on a successor to Britainâ€™s Trident nuclear deterrent, the Sunday Times reported.

Work on a new weapon by scientists at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston in Berkshire has been under way since Prime Minister Tony Blair was re-elected as Prime Minister in last May, and is now said to be ahead of a similar US research, the report claimed.

The aim, according to the report, is to produce a simpler device using proven components to avoid breaching the ban on nuclear testing. Known as the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW), it is being designed so that it can be tested in a laboratory rather than by detonation, the paper said.

â€œWeâ€™ve got to build something that we can never test and be absolutely confident that, when we use it, it will work,â€ one senior British source told the newspaper. The secret programme to build a new warhead in close cooperation with the Americans will spark anger among Labour opponents of any replacement of the Trident programme, which is estimated to have cost about Â£10 billion.

Developing a new weapon would also be a material breach of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The office of Lord Goldsmith, refused to comment on whether it had been asked for legal advice by the 10 Downing Street.

Tchocky · 03-13-06, 02:51 PM

Jack Straw was tying himself in knots this morning trying to get out of a definitive answer to Trident replacement, it was hilarious

The Avon Lady · 03-13-06, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Known as the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW), it is being designed so that it can be tested in a laboratory rather than by detonation, the paper said.

"Next, vee zimplee connect zeh green vire to zeh red von, like zo....."

Oberon · 03-13-06, 03:03 PM

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Nice one AL

Kapitan · 03-13-06, 03:24 PM

Bit like the "seacret" nuclear bunker near me the one with the sign post's to it.

Oberon · 03-13-06, 03:47 PM

BR WMD :S

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4801928.stm

STEED · 03-13-06, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

BR WMD :S

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4801928.stm

What was that, what next

jumpy · 03-13-06, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

BR WMD :S

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4801928.stm

I still bet that thing wont be able to deal with 'leaves on the track' :hmm:

STEED · 03-13-06, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jumpy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

BR WMD :S

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4801928.stm

I still bet that thing wont be able to deal with 'leaves on the track' :hmm:

:rotfl: :rotfl:

03-13-06, 02:49 PM	#1
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	â€˜UK designs secret nuclear warheadâ€™ http://indiamonitor.com/news/readNews.jsp?ni=10924 EVery time I hear these stories from around the world how can they be secret when they pop up in the press Link is a bit crap here's the info - Monday, March 13, 2006, London: Britain has been secretly designing a new nuclear warhead in conjunction with the United States, provoking a legal row over the proliferation of nuclear weapons, a media report claimed here on Sunday. The government has been pushing ahead with the programme while claiming that no decision has been made on a successor to Britainâ€™s Trident nuclear deterrent, the Sunday Times reported. Work on a new weapon by scientists at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston in Berkshire has been under way since Prime Minister Tony Blair was re-elected as Prime Minister in last May, and is now said to be ahead of a similar US research, the report claimed. The aim, according to the report, is to produce a simpler device using proven components to avoid breaching the ban on nuclear testing. Known as the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW), it is being designed so that it can be tested in a laboratory rather than by detonation, the paper said. â€œWeâ€™ve got to build something that we can never test and be absolutely confident that, when we use it, it will work,â€ one senior British source told the newspaper. The secret programme to build a new warhead in close cooperation with the Americans will spark anger among Labour opponents of any replacement of the Trident programme, which is estimated to have cost about Â£10 billion. Developing a new weapon would also be a material breach of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The office of Lord Goldsmith, refused to comment on whether it had been asked for legal advice by the 10 Downing Street. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Nice one AL

03-13-06, 03:47 PM	#6
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	BR WMD :S http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4801928.stm