Nuclear Materials Flown Between UK & US 23 Times In 5 Years
The British Ministry of Defence has admitted that materials used in nuclear weapons have been flown between the UK and the US 23 times in the last five years. The information was revealed in an answer to a Parliamentary Question asked by the Scottish National Party’s Westminster group defence leader Brendan O’Hara. Though the MoD did not give details, the flights are believed to have carried tritium, plutonium and enriched uranium, which are needed for UK’s Trident nuclear warheads. The shipments reportedly started or ended at the RAF base at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.