TRANSFER OF NUCLEAR CONVOY RESPONSIBILITIES 289/99
15 July, 1999 Responsibility for the routine movement of nuclear weapons within the
United Kingdom is being transferred from the RAF to the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP).
MOD INVESTS IN US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY Ministry of Defence 230/99 9 June, 1999 The Ministry of Defence has announced plans to invest in the US
National Ignition Facility in return for guaranteed UK use.
UK'S LATEST MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE BLASTS OFF
Ministry of Defence 051/99 February 27, 1999 The Ministry of Defence's latest military communications satellite, SKYNET 4E, was launched last night from the European Space Agency's
launch site at Kourou in French Guyana.
BIOLOGICAL DEFENCE TRIALS REVIEW PUBLISHED Ministry of Defence 035/99 February 9, 1999 An independent review, commissioned by the Ministry of Defence, into the Biological Defence Trials of the 1960s-70s is published today.
