Surviving veterans are convinced exposure to radiation left them, and in some cases their descendants, with life-changing conditions such as myeloma and leukaemia
In the 1950s and 1960s thousands of military personnel served with pride by taking part in the nuclear test programme. Their duty came at a terrible price.
Surviving veterans are convinced exposure to radiation left them, and in some cases their descendants, with life-changing conditions such as myeloma and leukaemia. Instead of recognising their sacrifice the Ministry of Defence has thwarted their repeated attempts to discover the truth.
At the first officials denied there were any medical records. Then they admitted there were documents but refused to divulge them. Campaigners are now launching a new legal challenge, which the Mirror supports, to end these seven decades of cover-up by Whitehall. If the MoD has nothing to hide it would release this material immediately.
By not doing so it is denying veterans and their families not only the truth but the chance to get treatment they need. It is shoddy way to treat a generation who risked their lives to keep this nation safe.