Good ask Pol. And Rusco - like yer friends
I read a piece on either Guardian or Independent website today on Nuclear weapons and who has what ready to go or in stockpile as far as anyone knows. Trident is totally dependent on the US for continuing functionability (might have just made that word up). Without their servicing, technical support, personnel etc..... there is no Trident. And if the US were to withdraw that support then it appears that within a few weeks the nukes are inoperable.
So the first thing is that we can all forget any idea of an independent UK Nuclear capability. It doesn't exist. The question therefore really is: Do we want to continue funding a joint uk-us Nuclear weapons system.
Personally - No.
Firstly because if countries start throwing nukes at each other then we're all fucked anyway. There's more than enough without ours to extinguish current human civilisation.
Secondly because I do not believe that we should have a weapon of such magnitude that cannot be fully within our own control.
Thirdly - I can think of far more important pressing demands for that money.
And before anyone starts sniping about any anti US bollox they may read into that - It happens to be the US we buy our arms off. I don't give a monkeys flying fart which country it is.
