United Kingdom WMD Stats
Overview:
The United Kingdom is party to all major nonproliferation treaties and is a member of all major international export control regimes. The British government has made substantial reductions in its nuclear forces, partly due to changes in response to its July 1998 Strategic Defence Review. Though it once possessed biological and chemical warfare programs, London ended both programs in the mid-50s. Its limited missile program is now composed entirely of sea-launched missiles.
Definitions
- Biological: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of biological weapons of mass destruction
- Chemical: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of chemical weapons of mass destruction
- Missile: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of missile weapons of mass destruction
- Nuclear: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of nuclear weapons