UK to invest £48 million in new chemical weapons defence centre
Announcement comes in the wake of poisoning of Russian ex-spy with nerve agent
The UK will set up a new chemical weapons centre at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, in response to the growing threat of chemical attacks the country faces. The announcement comes after a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent in Salisbury in the UK. The defence secretary Gavin Williamson announced during a speech in Bristol that the government would spend £48 million on the centre.