Boris Johnson's plan for more nuclear weapons in Scotland 'breaks international law' « nuclear-news
Boris Johnson’s plan for more nuclear weapons in Scotland ‘breaks international law’, The National, By Gregor Young 19 May, 21 BORIS Johnson’s plan to increase the UK’s stockpile of nuclear warheads would breach international law, experts have warned. The Tory government announced in March that it wants to raise the legal limit on the number of the weapons of mass destruction, which would be available to its submarine fleet at Faslane. Currently, the cap is set at 180, but the new defence review revised that up to 260. Downing Street will also send more troops abroad “more...