Britain releases defense review calling for a 'minimum deterrent.'

Article Abstract:

The UK has released a new Strategic Defense Review espousing a minimum deterrent and supporting further significant reductions in its weapons program. The review, Labor's first comprehensive evaluation of the country's defense requirements through the year 2015, calls for the maintenance of four Trident ballistic missile submarines and a nuclear stockpile of less than 200 operationally available nuclear warheads. It also concluded that the 58 Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles proposed by the Labor government are enough for the country's nuclear deterrence needs.

Defense programs, Deterrence (Strategy)

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Clinton urges Senate to act on CTB; Helms calls treaty 'low priority.' (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chmn Jesse Helms)

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Pres Bill Clinton is attempting to convince the US Senate to expeditiously ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban (CTB) Treaty within 1998. He also declared that four former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs are supportive of the ban during his State of the Union address in Jan 27. However, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chmn Jesse Helms mentions in his letter to Clinton that approval of the CTB Treaty is not being prioritized because not all of the 44 other nations specified in the Treaty will probably approve it.

Clinton, Bill, Nuclear arms control, Helms, Jesse

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France, Britain retire aging nuclear weapon systems

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France and the UK have replaced some of their old nuclear weapons systems. France initiated the dismantling of its 25-yr.-old 18 S3D single-warhead nuclear missiles on Sep. 16, 1996. The land-based weapon systems, which will be completely deactivated by 1998, have an approximate range of 3,500 km. Meanwhile, the UK replaced its Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines with four Vanguard-class submarines on Aug. 28, 1996.

France

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