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Welcome to Nuclear Non-Proliferation News, a new monthly news service from the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy. We aim to provide links to a selection of UK and international news stories relevant to UK and NATO nuclear weapons issues. An archive of press coverage will also be available on our website at: www.acronym.org.uk/news. We welcome your comments and feedback. Please send your comments to martin at acronym.org.uk.

Edition 7, 12 June 2008

• Trident and Disarmament
• Trident Costs
• Trident Safety Problems
• UK Nuclear Infrastructure
• Scottish Opposition to Trident intensifies
• CND 50th anniversary protests
• Anti-Nuclear Protests Continue
• International Disarmament Initiatives, Op-eds and Analysis
• New Nuclear Weapons Developments
• US Election
• NATO and Socchi Summits
• Missile Defence and the Weaponisation of Space

Edition 6, December 21, 2007

• Defence Budget cuts as Trident goes ahead
• Trident boosts arms industry profits
• Question marks over UK Nuclear Safety
• Liberal Democrat debate on Trident intensifies
• Scottish Opposition to Trident continues
• Protests continue against Trident
• Foreign Affairs Committee criticises Government's handling of Missile Defence
• Missile Defence sours relations with Russia
• Russia suspends implementation of the CFE Treaty
• Iran nuclear developments

• Other International News

Edition 5, November 5, 2007

• Scottish Summit on Trident
• Scottish Government request for NPT Observer Status
• Trident legality challenged
• Faslane 365 and beyond
• Liberal Democrat leadership candidates on Defence
• Safety 'shortfalls' at AWE Burghfield
• Other UK Trident stories
• US Nuclear Weapon Developments

• Missile Defence and Relations with Russia

Edition 4, September 10, 2007

• Salmond calls Trident Summit
• Trident and the UK Nuclear Programme
• US Nuclear Programme
• Missile Defence and NATO-Russia Relations
• Campaigning steps up at Faslane
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki anniversaries
• Remembering Lord Garden

Edition 3, July 9, 2007

UK News

• Gordon Brown's New Cabinet and Washington's Reaction
• Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett signals new focus on disarmament
• Scottish Parliament votes against Trident
• New Navy Aircraft Carriers could be based at Faslane
• AWE opens its doors to the media for the day
• Demonstrations continue at Aldermaston and Faslane

International

• US reduces Nuclear Weapons based in Germany
• Nuclear weapons funding progresses through the US Senate
• STRATFOR on US missile defence plans
• Russian Ballistic Missile Test
• First images of Chinese nuclear submarine
• Inching towards fissile material talks

Edition 2, June 12, 2007

UK News

• Trident cuts - submarines are "just about seaworthy"
• Prime Minister in waiting Gordon Brown on Trident
• Demonstrations at Faslane: actor Roger Lloyd Pack arrested
• Seven Astute class submarines "needed" for Britain's industrial base

International

• Russia - US dispute over missile defence bases in Eastern Europe
• Non-Proliferation, but no disarmament at the G8 Summit
• US House Appropriations Committee cuts funds for the Reliable Replacement Warhead

Edition 1, May 10, 2007

• Controversy over Faslane base in the Scottish elections
• Demonstrations continue against the UK's decision to renew Trident
• Latest news from the arms companies
• NATO, Russia clash over missile defence and the CFE treaty
• House Armed Services Committee votes to review US nuclear posture
• Experts say Bush hasn't made case for new generation of nuclear weapons

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