Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom

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nuclear weapons policy

The nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom encompasses the country's strategic doctrine, legal frameworks, and international agreements governing the development, deployment, and potential use of its nuclear arsenal.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
British nuclear weapons programme	2
Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom canonical	2
UK Trident programme	2
United Kingdom nuclear weapons programme	2
United Kingdom strategic nuclear deterrent	2
Cold War realignment of the UK	1
UK Strategic Nuclear Forces (at integration level)	1
UK nuclear weapons policy	1
US–UK Trident arrangements	1
United Kingdom Trident programme	1
United Kingdom continuous at-sea deterrent	1
United Kingdom nuclear deterrent	1
United Kingdom nuclear forces	1
United Kingdom strategic deterrent	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nuclear weapons policy ⓘ
airDeliveredNuclearWeapons	false ⓘ
allianceFramework	NATO ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
alsoKnownAs	British nuclear weapons policy ⓘ Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: UK nuclear weapons policy
cooperationFramework	Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defence Purposes ⓘ surface form: 1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement
cooperationPartner	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
declaredPolicy	nuclear weapons used only in defence of NATO allies in extreme circumstances ⓘ nuclear weapons used only in extreme circumstances of self-defence ⓘ
deliveryPlatform	Dreadnought-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines ⓘ Vanguard-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines ⓘ
deliverySystem	Trident nuclear missile system ⓘ surface form: Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile system
disarmamentCommitment	long-term goal of a world without nuclear weapons ⓘ
domesticLegislation	Armed Forces Act provisions on nuclear operations ⓘ Nuclear Explosions (Prohibition and Inspections) Act 1998 ⓘ
executiveAuthority	Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
exportControlRegime	participation in Nuclear Suppliers Group ⓘ participation in Zangger Committee ⓘ
firstUseOptionRetained	true ⓘ
geographicFocus	global strategic deterrence with emphasis on Euro-Atlantic area ⓘ
landBasedNuclearWeapons	false ⓘ
launchAuthority	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
legalFramework	Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ surface form: Biological Weapons Convention (non-nuclear WMD context) Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ surface form: Chemical Weapons Convention (non-nuclear WMD context) Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty ⓘ surface form: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (signed, not ratified) Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ⓘ surface form: Partial Test Ban Treaty Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ⓘ surface form: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
missileSupplyArrangements	Trident II D5 missile ⓘ surface form: Trident II D5 missiles leased from the United States
modernisationProgramme	Dreadnought-class submarine ⓘ surface form: Dreadnought-class submarine programme replacement of UK nuclear warhead design ⓘ
noFirstUsePolicy	false ⓘ
nonProliferationCommitment	prevent spread of nuclear weapons ⓘ
NPTStatus	nuclear-weapon state under NPT ⓘ
nuclearArsenalStatus	operationally independent ⓘ strategically linked to NATO ⓘ
nuclearPosture	continuous at-sea deterrent ⓘ
nuclearRoleInNATO	contribution to NATO’s overall nuclear deterrent ⓘ
nuclearSharingParticipation	false ⓘ
oversightBody	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: UK Parliament
peacetimeDeployment	submarines on continuous patrol ⓘ
policyChange	2010 decision to reduce operationally available warheads ⓘ 2021 decision to raise the cap on total nuclear warheads ⓘ
policyInstrument	Command Papers ⓘ surface form: Defence Command Paper Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy 2021 ⓘ surface form: Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy UK Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 ⓘ surface form: Strategic Defence and Security Review
policyOnTNP	opposition to Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ⓘ
primaryObjective	deterrence ⓘ
publicJustification	deterrence of nuclear and major strategic threats ⓘ
safetyPrinciple	strict control and safety standards for nuclear weapons ⓘ
soleNuclearSystem	Trident nuclear missile system ⓘ surface form: Trident SLBM system
strategicDoctrine	minimum credible deterrent ⓘ
transparencyPolicy	partial transparency on warhead numbers ⓘ
verificationSupport	support for international verification mechanisms ⓘ
warheadCapPolicy	numerical cap on total warhead stockpile ⓘ
warheadType	thermonuclear warhead ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mutual Defense Agreement (1958) → category → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Tube Alloys programme → relatedTo → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: British nuclear weapons programme

HMNB Clyde → strategicRole → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom continuous at-sea deterrent

Elizabethan era (second Elizabethan age) → hasKeyProcess → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cold War realignment of the UK

US–UK MDA → relatedTo → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom nuclear weapons programme

Strategic Command → coordinatesWith → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: UK Strategic Nuclear Forces (at integration level)

Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom → alsoKnownAs → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: UK nuclear weapons policy

Quebec Agreement → category → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarines → nationalProgram → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

subject surface form: Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine

this entity surface form: UK Trident programme

Easter Aldermaston March → opposed → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: British nuclear weapons programme

Dreadnought-class submarine → nuclearDeterrentSystem → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: UK Trident programme

Faslane → associatedWith → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom Trident programme

HMS Vanguard → nuclearDeterrentRole → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom strategic nuclear deterrent

HMS Vanguard → partOf → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom nuclear weapons programme

US–UK Polaris Sales Agreement → replacedBy → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: US–UK Trident arrangements

Vanguard-class submarine → partOf → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom strategic nuclear deterrent

HMS Vigilant → partOf → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom nuclear deterrent

Submarine School at HMS Raleigh → isPartOfCapability → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom strategic deterrent

Nuclear posture of NATO → supportedBy → Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom nuclear forces