US using British atomic weapons factory

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more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/09/us-uk-atomic-weapons-nuclear-power

Matthew Taylor and Richard Norton-Taylor
The Guardian, Monday 9 February 2009

The US military has been using Britain's atomic weapons factory to carry out research into its own nuclear warhead programme, according to evidence seen by the Guardian.

US defence officials said that "very valuable" warhead research has taken place at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston in Berkshire as part of an ongoing and secretive deal between the British and American governments.

The Ministry of Defence admitted it is working with the US on the UK's "existing nuclear warhead stockpile and the range of replacement options that might be available" but declined to give any further information.