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UK’s cuts to defence security endanger Scotland’s Faslane nuclear submarine base

Nuclear weapons’ security threatened by spending cuts – defense police Rt.com June 11, 2015 Further cuts to specialist Ministry of Defence (MoD) police numbers could leave Scotland’s Faslane nuclear submarine base vulnerable to attack, according to the Chair of the Defence Police Federation.

UK ministers are planning deep spending cuts to defense. The Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) guarding the base could be affected, despite the force already losing a third of its officers since 2010.

Defence Police Federation Chairman Eamon Keating is expected to use a keynote speech at the federation’s annual conference to urge ministers to reconsider cuts…….

In May, Able Seaman William McNeilly, a weapons engineer, claimed a number of security lapses and technical faults with the Trident missiles carrier expose the British nuclear deterrent to potential terrorist attacks that “would kill our people and destroy our land.”

Possible attackers have “the perfect opportunity to send nuclear warheads crashing down on the UK,” he claimed.

McNeilly also outlined the ease with which potential terrorist can infiltrate the base……..http://rt.com/uk/266617-faslane-security-defence-cuts/

June 13, 2015 - Posted by | general

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