Pictures published on social media allegedly showing nuclear warheads being moved around the UK by military trucks on the country's motorway network sparked some divisive debate on the internet on Thursday.
It began when anti-nuclear campaigners claimed they had spotted an unmarked military convoy driving through Cumbria and Lancashire, heading for Scotland. The vehicles were said to have gone via Kirkham on the M55 to Preston, then via Garstang, Lancaster, Kendal and Penrith to Carlisle on the M6.
The CND – Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament – claimed that the trucks were carrying nuclear weaponry, and suggested that Britain's Trident missiles were on the move, stoking concerns that a clandestine operation was being conducted and leading to speculation linked with the conflict in Ukraine. However, many people hit back at the inferences, saying nuclear warhead transportation was common and a practice that had been conducted for more than half a century.
