These Lorries Carry the Most Deadly Load on British Roads...

Convoy carriers with nuclear warheads
Convoy carriers with nuclear warheads
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Highly dangerous military convoys carrying nuclear warheads travel regularly up and down the country by road - between the nuclear warhead factory at Burghfield (near Aldermaston) in Berkshire and the Trident nuclear base at Coulport in Scotland. No radiation warning symbols are carried and neither the public nor local authorities are warned of these nuclear convoys.

They carry lethal radioactive materials...
The warheads in the lorries contain plutonium and other deadly radioactive materials. With each lorry carrying up to 8kg of plutonium, any accident involving an explosion or fire could lead to a radioactive plume spreading for miles, poisoning a huge area for thousands of years. US and British government research has still been unable to rule out even the risk of a catastrophic nuclear explosion. The risk of a major accident is growing as traffic on British roads increases.

They can travel by day and night...
In 2004 the MoD changed its 50-year policy on nuclear convoys to allow making the 500 mile road trip in one go, travelling in the dark and without overnight stops: more hazardous and with higher risks to the public. They may also use additional routes to those frequently used and marked on the map.

They carry illegal weapons...
The nuclear warheads these convoys carry are Weapons of Mass Destruction owned and wielded by the UK Government. Deploying Weapons of Mass Destruction is fundamentally wrong, illegal under international law, deeply hypocritical and flawed in its approaches to the modern world's challenges.

Help us to stop these nuclear weapon convoys...
Nukewatch is a nation-wide network which monitors the convoys, informs the public, local authorities and media of their movements and campaigns against them.

UK Nuclear Weapons Convoy