Sentences with phrase «nuclear weapons system»

A new report highlights private investments in companies that work on nuclear weapons systems.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a raft of new nuclear weapons systems at his State of the Nation address on March 1 — and one demonstrates Russia's apparent disregard for human life.

The Government will push ahead with its replacement of the Triden nuclear weapons system, although the timescale for the replacement is not yet clear.

His past role as head of policy for a drugs company and his vote to renew nuclear weapons system Trident will not play well with left - wingers.

In December 2006 the government published a defence white paper advocating Trident replacement and on March 14th 2007 parliament voted by 409 votes to 161 in favour of authorising the government to take steps to maintain Trident nuclear weapons system after the Vanguard - class submarines leave service in the mid-2020s.

A possible counter-strategy is to have so many nuclear weapon systems that it is unlikely to destroy them all before you can perform a counter-strike.

The government's white paper on Trident, Britain's existing nuclear weapons system, were published in December.

Since tactical WE.177 free - fall bombs were decommissioned in 1998, Trident has been the only nuclear weapon system that is operated by the UK.

Jeremy Corbyn has signalled he could give his MPs a free vote on renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system when the issue comes before the Commons this month.

But one decision from the previous government stands, one the Liberal Democrats opposed at the time - the upgrade of the Trident sea - based nuclear weapons system.

«Andy Burnham confirms that he would renew the Trident nuclear weapons system in full» The Independent, Monday 17 August 2015.

Mr Clegg backs keeping an independent nuclear weapons system for the UK.

Take a look at this line from Putin after he described new nuclear weapons systems he framed as able to defeat the US: «They kept ignoring us,» Putin said of the West, to a standing ovation.

Like a sizeable number of Labour activists, she is a firm opponent of the Trident nuclear weapons system.

To be sure, the bishops call in their pastoral letter on war and peace for «immediate, bilateral, verifiable agreements to halt the testing, production, and deployment of new nuclear weapons systems.»

Presumably you're also referring to responsibly spending 75bn on a nuclear weapons system which, if ever used, would rather irresponsibly massacre thousands and create ecological, not to mention economic devastation on a massive scale.

She was critical of Labour policy on the Trident nuclear weapons system and on austerity, highlighting Labour's manifesto jargon and pressing Miliband on precisely where Labour would make cuts.

And this is a subject which potential MPs need to know about: they will be required to vote, in 2016, on whether or not Britain replaces its nuclear weapons system.

One of his more controversial positions — opposition to the Trident nuclear weapons system — is given credibility by his military background as an army reservist infantry officer, serving a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2009.

It is a sign of just how badly the Conservative election campaign is going, that they've today resorted to claiming Labour will do a deal with the SNP to scrap the Trident nuclear weapons system.

Labour's new leader also repeated his opposition to renewing the Trident nuclear weapons system.

The Conservatives are also opposed to the Liberal Democrats» policy of ditching the like - for - like replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system, which could cost # 100 billion.

Charles Clarke, the former cabinet minister, has put himself at the head of the Labour rebellion against plans to replace Britain's Trident nuclear weapons system.

CND chairwoman Kate Hudson accused Mr Lewis of reneging on Mr Corbyn's pledge to scrap the nuclear weapons system.

Unlike Ms Eagle, Ms Thornberry has voiced support for scrapping the Trident nuclear weapons system.

She had voiced her opposition to the Trident nuclear weapons system.

The Labour leader moved Eagle to shadow culture secretary, mostly because she disagreed with his position opposing the nuclear weapons system.

She was widely attacked for comparing the Trident nuclear weapons system to Second World War Spitfires.

Ms Eagle was a supporter of the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system and her moving from frothe Defence was widely interpreted as the Labour leader removing someone who does not share his views on nuclear disarmament.

Like Mr Clegg he has said he would go to court to fight ID cards, but, unlike him, he would abolish the UK's nuclear weapons system.

Anti-Trident demonstrators have circled the Ministry of Defence with a «peace scarf» to protest against the replacement of the UK's nuclear weapons system.

If Britain does remain in the EU, Labour's divisions will be exposed once again over the summer: the Conservatives will twist the knife over the Chilcot report on the Iraq war, due to be published early next month, and the future of the Trident nuclear weapons system, on which the government has said it will call a vote soon.

David Cameron has defended Michael Fallon's comments regarding Labour and the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system.

It is in the UK's national interest to keep the Trident nuclear weapons system, a group of former ministers, diplomats and generals have argued.

Keeping the Trident nuclear weapons system would act as an effective deterrent in preventing threats to UK security, Sir Menzies Campbell has said.

It is in the UK's national security interest to keep the Trident nuclear weapons system, a group of former ministers, diplomats and generals say.

Meanwhile, Simon Starling's Autoxylopyrocycloboros (2006) is the end result of a four - hour voyage across Scotland's Loch Long, once the watery birthplace of the steamship and currently home to warheads belonging to the UK's nuclear weapons system, Trident.