Convoy of nuclear warheads travelled 400 miles across UK over weekend - and no one noticed

Residents were unaware that the military convoy heading across the UK from near Reading to north west of Glasgow was carrying "up to six" deadly nuclear weapons

A military convoy with “up to six” nuclear warheads drove through the UK on Saturday night with locals blissfully unaware the terrifying weapons were passing.

The unmarked procession was tracked near Glasgow on the final stretch of its journey from the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston to the Royal Naval Armaments Depot in Coulport in Argyll.

It was photographed heading down the M6 motorway during the 400-mile journey across the country.

Nukewatch UK, a group that monitors the UK’s trident activity, said there were four warhead carriers each capable of carrying two warheads, but one truck was probably empty as a spare.

Campaigner Jane Tallents told Glasgow Live: "There hasn't been one since October last year which is a bit strange. But there was a bit of a flurry in the end.

“There must be some reasoning in their madness but they'd never enlighten us what that is.”

The transportation of the powerful weapons comes amid huge global tensions with Putin with the Russian president using hypersonic missiles for the first time yesterday.

But Jane assured it was just a routine refurbishment and said: “They are not arming up to bomb Russia or anything like that - but they could do that anytime.

“I don't think this convoy is of any more concern than the fact that we are always, 24/7, armed and ready to start a nuclear war.

“Obviously this current situation is very, very alarming… how quickly some incident could just provoke something that gets all out of our control quickly.”

With the nuclear base located just 35 miles from the centre of Glasgow, campaigners say it isn’t surprising they have to be transported on roads through the city.

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Jane added: "That's the reality of having them. But if it came to nuclear war it doesn't really matter where you are, there's no escape with that.

"And there's no preparations realistically that help really with that.

"But in terms of the convoys themselves if there was an accident with them, would be ready? I don't know."