Nuclear Weapons Convoy – May 2016

A convoy including four warhead carriers left AWE Burghfield on the morning of 18^th May. It headed up the M40 to the M6 and then North to take a break in Preston around 5pm. Then it continued on to Scotland on the M74 passing around the south of Glasgow after midnight to then cross the Erskine Bridge, go through Dumbarton and arrive at Coulport around 1.30am on May 19^th.

It was back in Burghfield on the 24^th May.

Nukewatch Policy

We think that it is very important that Nukewatch continues to monitor the safety of UK nuclear warhead convoys, and that convoy dangers are highlighted to the general public and those along its routes.

But we think it’s important that Nukewatch does not add to the risks associated with these convoys so we do not publish detailed technical information which might conceivably result in harm to a convoy. We advise trusted members of our own network in advance about convoy movements but do not broadcast information about convoy locations when it is on the road using social media or via the internet in ‘real time’, although we may do so later on the same day.