Why is UK producing nuclear weapons?

TONY STAUNTON NATIONAL VICE-CHAIR, CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

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THE threat of nuclear war doesn't seem to hit the top ten on anyone's worry-list these days. Nuclear radiation is all around us, from Radon gas to reactor-emissions. The new, overpriced and polluting nuclear power plants are supposed to save us from climate disaster. Why should we worry?

Understand one thing. The nuclear industry is a single corporate industry uniting the technologies and infrastructure for producing both nuclear power and nuclear weapons.

Weapons manufacture utilises the staff and resources required for nuclear power. Indeed, because nuclear power is so expensive and unprofitable, requiring massive tax subsidies and ridiculously overpriced electricity charges, it wouldn't exist without the nuclear weapons industry. If you oppose nuclear weapons you're bound to also oppose nuclear power. You can't have the one without the other.