The British government should decide immediately not to develop or acquire a replacement for the UK's Trident nuclear-weapons system, according to a report from the British Pugwash Group. It says that a decision not to build a successor to Trident - which is due to be replaced in about 20 years' time - would make a "significant contribution" to reducing the global nuclear threat and help to increase national security. The report was published today on the 50th anniversary of the first British nuclear test explosion, which took place on 3 October 1952 at Montebello Island off the coast of Australia.
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