Two British ‘ghost ships’ are on their way to Japan to collect enough plutonium for 80 nuclear warheads. It is reported that the vessels are guarded against terrorists by commandos and and armed with 20mm cannons They ships are also being shadowed by a Royal Navy submarine. The two huge container ships, the Pacific Heron and the Pacific Egret, left Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, last month on the first leg of their journey. The Mail Online reports that they will travel across the Atlantic before passing through the Panama Canal and into the Pacific. RT reports: Once the ships arrive in Japan, they will pick up 331 kilograms of plutonium – enough to make 80 nuclear warheads. However, the ultimate destination is a US nuclear storage facility in South Carolina, to which the ships will set off after collecting their nuclear cargo in Japan. “The cargo is invaluable and part of a secret trade in fissile materials between the likes of the UK and US. The biggest risk is a fire or an external missile strike,” nuclear expert John Large told Mail Online on Sunday. He added that “this is bomb-grade nuclear material and a terror group or rogue state would want to [...]