The United Kingdom is set to reverse plans to reduce the nations arsenal of nuclear weapons by the middle of the decade as part of a major foreign policy overhaul.
The cap on the number of nuclear warheads will now be set at 260 as opposed to 180 under previous plans from 2010.
Britain will shift focus towards Indo-Pacific countries, described as the world’s “growth engine” the review also pledged the UK will do more on the “systemic challenge” of China.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said relations with the nation posed “difficult issues,” including over industrial secrets and telecoms.
However, he did warn against taking a “Cold-War mentality” towards China, amid internal pressure from Conservatives to take a harder line.
The integrated review that Prime Minister Johnson is set to update MPs on has taken over a year and sets out the UK’s foreign policy until 2030.
The review states the decision to lift the overall cap on the UK’s nuclear warhead stockpile is justified by the “evolving security environment” since 2010 – it also identifies the Russian Federation as the “most acute threat” to UK security.
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