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France: Military Alliances

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 17 July 2025UIN 67413

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution in response to an Urgent Question from the Hon. Member for South Suffolk on 10 July 2025, Official Report, column 1117, whether his Department classifies the gravity bomb t

Answered by Maria Eagle

The UK and NATO have said that any employment of nuclear weapons against NATO would fundamentally alter the nature of a conflict. The UK therefore does not support the classification of nuclear weapons as either strategic or tactical.

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