UK - Botched Nuclear Warhead Projects - The Economist

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Originally Posted by RAFEngO74to09

The SLBM warheads have never been bought from the US - only the Polaris and Trident rockets.

UK Polaris, Polaris "Chevaline" MIRV upgrade and Trident warheads were all UK built.

https://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/e...0-21_21:31:40!

https://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Uk/UKArsenalDev.html

https://www.nti.org/learn/countries/...ngdom/nuclear/

Yes, the Russian disinformation that the US controls Britain's warheads is strong and difficult to shift.

The concern should be is whether the UK has sufficient SQEP to design, manufacture and NDT a new range of warheads, whilst decommissioning the present stock of REVs. The last time AWE did this was in the early 1990s with the introduction of the Trident, decommissioning of the Chevaline upgrade and sustainment and then early retirement of the WE177 variants. Most of those then junior engineers and scientists will be retiring over the next few years.