No to a premature decision - Yes to debate
Resources
Don’t Rush: premature commitments to replace Trident could harm UK and global security, a briefing from the British American Security Information Council that discusses the technical and political case for making a decision at a future date
Oceans of Work: Arms Conversion Revisited, a report from the British American Security Information Council on the processes by which communities dependent on nuclear weapons and submarine production (such as Barrow in Furness) could be re-invigorated with alternative uses for the skills and investment
Comment on The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent by US nuclear expert Richard Garwin and others, as presented to the Defence Select Committee. Appended letter from US Navy on hull corrosion etc. Three page summary of evidence, with biographies of contributors
Worse than Irrelevant? British Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century, report by the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, taking the description of Trident renewal by Robin Cook and discussing the strategic, technical and political aspects of the options ahead.
BASIC Green Paper: Decisions over the future of British Nuclear Weapons, report by BASIC exploring the timing of the decision, the need for British nuclear weapons, options like a virtual arsenal and the costs of replacement. [Other BASIC documents]
Keeping nuclear weapons or tackling climate change?, a presentation from Scientists for Global Responsibility
Scientists for Global Responsibility submission on skills shortages & nuclear weapons
The United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent: current and future issues of legality, a legal opinion from Professor Philippe Sands QC of Matrix Chambers submitted to the Defence Select Committee by Greenpeace
The Trident White Paper and international and humanitarian law, a legal opinion post the white paper, submitted to the Defence Select Committee by Greenpeace
The Trident White Paper and international and humanitarian law, a legal opinion post the white paper, submitted to the Defence Select Committee by Greenpeace
The Maintenance & Possible Replacement of the Trident Nuclear Missile System, a legal opinion from Rabinder Singh QC and Prof. Christine Chinkin, commissioned by Peacerights
A World Free of Nuclear Weapons article by former US Secretaries of State and Defense Henry Kissinger, Geroge Shultz, William Perry and Sam Nunn
Article by Mikhail Gorbachev in response to Kissinger et al
Legal Opinions
Global Perspectives