UK Nuclear Warhead Factory Sold to US Companies

From the December 20, 2008 article in the Independent by Ben Russell:

Britain no longer has any stake in the production of its nuclear warheads after the Government secretly sold off its shares in the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston.

See: Secret nuclear sell-off storm: Aldermaston bomb factory is sold to American company in bid to boost Treasury coffers provoking fury as Parliament is bypassed.

The American companies who now share ownership of "AWE" include: Jacobs Engineering Group, Serco, and Lockheed Martin.

Meanwhile, for an overview of UK opposition to Lockheed Martin's manufacture of weapons of mass destruction, see: Lockheed Martin UK and the Muriel Lesters:

The Muriel Lesters, a group of Trident Ploughshares pledgers, are determined the world should know that this multinational giant has a £5.3 billion contract with the UK government to design and build new and illegal weapons of mass destruction at Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment. Both the UK government and Lockheed Martin are breaking international law, and neither wants us to know what they are doing.