Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 70471

F-35 Aircraft: Nuclear Weapons

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who will (a) procure and (b) own the nuclear weapons to be deployed on the F35-A fighter jets; and whether permission will be required from (i) NATO and (ii) the USA to (A) deploy and (B) launch them.

Answer

Luke Pollard

As confirmed when the Ministry of Defence announced our intention to participate in NATO’s nuclear mission, the nuclear weapons allocated to the NATO dual capable aircraft (DCA) nuclear mission are United States (US) nuclear weapons and the US retains con...

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