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Proposed UK Nuke Increase Faces Criticism The UK is facing scathing international criticism over its decision to increase its stockpile of nuclear weapons. The move to swell the size of the stockpile ceiling to 260 warheads from 180—a 44% increase—was outlined in the UK government’s Integrated...
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