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About us
Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) is a non-departmental government body, wholly owned by the Ministry of Defence.
The UK Government has a policy to maintain a Continuous At Sea Deterrent, to deter the most severe threats to the UK and our way of life. AWE is responsible for managing and integrating a set of highly complex programmes and projects on behalf of the Ministry Of Defence. AWE designs and manufactures the warheads for the nuclear submarines as well as providing counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction services for other government agencies.