Scrap Trident: No replacement, no new warheads
Find out more about the UK's nuclear weapons system, Trident, and the government's plans for even more nuclear warheads.
The UK’s purchase of F-35A jets: legal opinion
CND has commissioned a new legal opinion which has found that Britain’s plans to expand its nuclear weapons programme by purchasing nuclear-capable F-35A fighter jets is in breach of its disarmament commitments under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. In the joint opinion, international law experts Professor Christine Chinkin and Dr Louise Arimatsu lay out a case that Britain’s purchase of these nuclear-capable jets puts Britain in clear breach of its obligations under article VI of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
No to British Nuke Jets – Stop nuclear expansion
Without any parliamentary debate, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Britain’s purchase of 12 US F-35A nuclear-capable fighter jets at the NATO summit in June 2025. This decision marks a very significant expansion in the country’s nuclear capability, enabling Britain to launch nuclear weapons from both the sea and air.
RAF Lakenheath: have US nuclear weapons returned to Britain?
CND condemns any return of United States nuclear weapons to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. This briefing explains the base's history and looks at reports that US nuclear weapons are returning.
Nuclear implications of the Israel-Iran conflict
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) negotiated with Iran by President Barak Obama was adopted by the UN Security Council in 2015. It is a crucial part of the context in which the current military exchanges between Israel and Iran should be understood.
UK new nuclear
A briefing by Prof Steve Thomas & Dr Paul Dorfman on the latest on nuclear power developments in the UK.
New radiation risks
This report by Dr Ian Fairlie examines recent epidemiology evidence showing that radiation is more dangerous than previously believed. It is now clear that radiation is considerably more dangerous than accepted by most governments, both in terms of the size of its cancer risk, and in terms of other diseases apart from cancer.
Special nuclear flights between the US and UK: the dangers involved
Despite claiming to have an independent nuclear weapons system, for more than sixty years Britain and the United States have been transferring and sharing technical information, nuclear materials, and warhead components for use in each other’s nuclear weapons programmes. One important way in which transfers of nuclear materials and technology are carried out between Britain and the US is through special flights into and out of Royal Air Force (RAF) Brize Norton, near Carterton in Oxfordshire. Read more about these special nuclear flights in this briefing, written in association with Nukewatch.
How would a nuclear attack affect you?
It’s looking very likely that US nuclear weapons will be coming back to RAF Lakenheath, an air force base in Suffolk, run by the USA. This is a dangerous development that will increase global tensions and put Britain on the frontline in a US/NATO and Russia war. A nuclear exchange between US/NATO and Russia would be catastrophic for the whole planet, but what would be the impact on individual towns and cities across the UK? This briefing looks at the impact of a nuclear attack.