UK to build new £48m chemical weapons defence centre

[TomSea]

UK to build new £48m chemical weapons defence centre
    15 March 2018
The UK is to build a new chemical weapons "defence centre" to protect itself from what it says is the growing threat from Russia and North Korea.

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson is to announce the £48m facility will be located at the government's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.

Scientists at Porton Down in Wiltshire helped identify the nerve agent used to attack ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal.

Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-43405686

[TomSea]

48 million pounds is something like I'd guess, 68 million dollars. And they are just deciding to do this? At first, it sounds a bit like an overreaction but we might follow their lead eventually.