Anger as Britain secretly sells off Aldermaston

[TonyGosling]

Anger as Britain secretly sells off its stake in Aldermaston nuclear bomb factory to U.S. firm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1099054/Anger-Britain-secretly -sells-stake-Aldermaston-nuclear-bomb-factory-U-S-firm.html
And Nick Harvey, the Liberal Democrat defence spokesman, said: ‘The whole argument used for Britain having a separate weapons establishment is that this is required by the non-proliferation treaty, as technology sharing is not allowed.

‘We must therefore query the rationale of a U.S. company having a majority shareholding in AWE. How does this all square?’

Americans now have a controlling stake in the AWE,

Lockheed Martin, the U.S. defence giant, and Serco, a British firm, also each own a third of shares.

The AWE factories, based at Aldermaston and Burghfield in Berkshire, employ 4,500 staff and more than 2,000 contractors,

[scienceplease]

Surely it is now just a commercial decision t move all bomb manufacture to the USA?

[illeagalhunter]

Do you really think we will get to push the button on USA made missiles?Not even in your dreams.