Britain could use nuclear weapons against a state that inflicts a devastating attack using “emerging technologies” such as cyberwar and artificial intelligence, according to a landmark review.
The UK changed the terms of how it could use or threaten to use nuclear weapons in the future as it warned that states were “significantly” increasing and diversifying their nuclear arsenals.
A long-standing policy to cut the stockpile of nuclear warheads was reversed, with a plan to increase them by 40 per cent from 180 to 260 as part of the integrated review of security, defence and foreign policy.
Experts and campaigners warned that the “seismic” move would result in Britain losing its leverage to hold others to account, and questioned whether it amounted to a
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