Paul Ingram was quoted in an article about the UK’s confirmation about renewing the Mutual Delfence Agreement (MDA) with the United States.
He said: “In governing exceptional nuclear weapon collaboration between the US and UK that has contested legal basis, the MDA is the manifestation of the deep political, cultural and philosophical relationship between the two states.”
He added: “How can it possibly be effective to criticise North Korea for allegedly supplying nuclear and missile technology to states like Syria and Iran when we trade between ourselves technologies directly relevant to constructing nuclear warheads, missiles and submarines?”
Read the full article here:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/defence-and-security-blog/2014/oct/20/nuclear-weapons-uk-us