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MOD signs Trident support contract

By Sharon Black

The Ministry of Defence has today signed a 15-year contract with ABL Alliance to provide support of the Trident Strategic Weapon System at the Royal Naval Armament Depot (RNAD) Coulport and the Strategic Weapon Support Building (SWSB) Faslane, both of which are part of Her Majesty’s (HM) Naval Base Clyde.

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Reduction in UK nuclear warheads begins

By Sharon Black

The programme for implementing the reductions in the number of UK nuclear warheads, as announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), has commenced, Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox announced today.

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Operational update on Libya – 25 March

By Sharon Black

Colonel Gaddafi continues to mount indiscriminate attacks on his own people but it is clear that coalition operations have saved many innocent lives, Major General John Lorimer, the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategic Communications Officer, said today.

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Libya update

By Sharon Black

The Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategic Communications Officer, Major General John Lorimer, briefed the media this morning (Sunday 20 March 2011) on Operation ELLAMY, the UK’s military action in support of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.