Cyber-attack risk on nuclear weapons systems 'relatively high' – thinktank

Lack of skilled staff, slowness of institutional change exposes UK and US capabilities, warns Chatham House

US, British and other nuclear weapons systems are increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to a new study by the international relations thinktank Chatham House.

The threat has received scant attention so far from those involved in nuclear military planning and the procurement of weapons, the report said.