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jamiemartin721 Flag Reading 18 Jul 16 1.54pm

Originally posted by Mr_Gristle

That's not actually an answer. Who are the enemies?

MAD still exists. Who is going to bomb the UK if we don't have our own deterrent?

I don't recall Spain, Portugal, Canada, Italy et al being threatened with nuclear or conventional attack since the end of the Cold War. They don't have a nuclear option, to the best of my knowledge.

I'd argue that spending tens of billions annually on something we may actually no longer need is beyond bonkers.

If you believe having nukes buys our seat on the UN Security Council, then that's a different argument.

Edited by Mr_Gristle (18 Jul 2016 1.33pm)

Potentially,

Russia
China
France
pakistan
India
The US
Israel
North Korea

Realistically, only North Korea is probably a real threat, and not to the UK. pakistan represents more the threat of Islamists obtaining control of existing nuclear arsenal. Russia and China however would be likely to use the lack of military threat as a means of leverage (and it would mean NATO would only have France as a localised nuclear power - making it far more dependent on the US).

And within a decade maybe Saudi Arabia and Iran. Should Iran develop nuclear weapons, its going to start an arms race in the middle east, likely with Saudi Arabia. I wouldn't rule Japan or South Korea out of interest, with North Korea 'joining the club'.

Currently, there is no real nuclear threat to the UK, which I believe makes it the ideal time to phase out Trident for a land based long range system. Only France realistically could launch a strike to achieve total destruction without the UK being able to launch from land.

Problem really is that Trident only ever has the capability to retaliate to one of those threats, not all of them.

 


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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards Hrolf The Ganger Flag 18 Jul 16 3.26pm Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

Originally posted by Mr_Gristle

That's not actually an answer. Who are the enemies?

MAD still exists. Who is going to bomb the UK if we don't have our own deterrent?

I don't recall Spain, Portugal, Canada, Italy et al being threatened with nuclear or conventional attack since the end of the Cold War. They don't have a nuclear option, to the best of my knowledge.

I'd argue that spending tens of billions annually on something we may actually no longer need is beyond bonkers.

If you believe having nukes buys our seat on the UN Security Council, then that's a different argument.

Edited by Mr_Gristle (18 Jul 2016 1.33pm)

I understand the basis of the counter argument and I accept that Trident itself is in flexible and needs updating but are you really telling me that in the event of a nuclear stand off, you would rely on other friendly nations to protect us?
Sure, nukes give us a place at the big table and that is well worth the cost in itself. You want to give that up for what? La la land left wing ideals?
There are so many scenarios that could occur in the future and to remove our nuclear deterrent because of some fantasy about global disarmament is insane.

 

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elgrande Flag bedford 18 Jul 16 3.39pm Send a Private Message to elgrande Add elgrande as a friend

Originally posted by dannyh

And there is the crux of the matter. Reality and the denial of it, (in favour of some self designed lefty utopia full of unicorn farts and same sex parents). Is what drives the more lunatic lefty fringe these days.

Ha ha post of the day.....

 


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steeleye20 Flag Croydon 18 Jul 16 3.46pm Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

It needs more than updating it needs a complete re-think.

Silent submarines are 1980's technology its a big if that they are not detectable now and more so in the future.

I would rather have Jeremy Corbyn looking at this than the tories just rubber stamping it as usual.

He is actually willing to go along with Trident in some form if all the work is done in UK.

I wonder if the truth is that this is a first strike weapon then that would deter (mad isn't it)

 

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susmik Flag PLYMOUTH -But Made in Old Coulsdon... 18 Jul 16 3.50pm Send a Private Message to susmik Add susmik as a friend

Originally posted by Mr_Gristle

That's not actually an answer. Who are the enemies?

MAD still exists. Who is going to bomb the UK if we don't have our own deterrent?

I don't recall Spain, Portugal, Canada, Italy et al being threatened with nuclear or conventional attack since the end of the Cold War. They don't have a nuclear option, to the best of my knowledge.

I'd argue that spending tens of billions annually on something we may actually no longer need is beyond bonkers.

If you believe having nukes buys our seat on the UN Security Council, then that's a different argument.

Edited by Mr_Gristle (18 Jul 2016 1.33pm)

ARE YOU FOR REAL ???????

 


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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards Hrolf The Ganger Flag 18 Jul 16 3.58pm Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

It needs more than updating it needs a complete re-think.

Silent submarines are 1980's technology its a big if that they are not detectable now and more so in the future.

I would rather have Jeremy Corbyn looking at this than the tories just rubber stamping it as usual.

He is actually willing to go along with Trident in some form if all the work is done in UK.

I wonder if the truth is that this is a first strike weapon then that would deter (mad isn't it)

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I wouldn't trust him to change a light bulb.

You want a known CND supporting surrender monkey to asses our military capability?

That's like asking Jimmy Saville to babysit your kids.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (18 Jul 2016 3.58pm)

 

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steeleye20 Flag Croydon 18 Jul 16 4.12pm Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

Please answer sensibly or not at all thank you.

Really you are a c**t etc etc please refrain

 

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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards Hrolf The Ganger Flag 18 Jul 16 4.37pm Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

Please answer sensibly or not at all thank you.

Really you are a c**t etc etc please refrain

No one has called you anything/

How about giving a coherent justification for clinging on to the idea that the entire world will disarm and that defending ourselves will no longer be necessary when all the evidence points toward than never happening in the imaginable future.

 

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Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 18 Jul 16 4.47pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

No one has called you anything/

How about giving a coherent justification for clinging on to the idea that the entire world will disarm and that defending ourselves will no longer be necessary when all the evidence points toward than never happening in the imaginable future.

Hrolf

I couldn't agree more with your sentiments.

It is essential we renew a very important component of our national security for generations to come.In fact it is simply not possible to be certain that no extreme threats will emerge in years to come which threaten us here in the UK.

 

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topcat Flag Holmesdale / Surbiton 18 Jul 16 4.54pm Send a Private Message to topcat Add topcat as a friend

Good time to watch PM Jim Hacker and Cabinet Secretary Humphrey Appleby discussing this subject 30 years ago

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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards Hrolf The Ganger Flag 18 Jul 16 4.59pm Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

Hrolf

I couldn't agree more with your sentiments.

It is essential we renew a very important component of our national security for generations to come.In fact it is simply not possible to be certain that no extreme threats will emerge in years to come which threaten us here in the UK.


It is as much about the unknown and potential threat in a fast changing world as about the current ones.

The nuclear deterrent has been it's own worst enemy in the sense that it has been so successful that it has bred complacency among the post war population and especially the younger ones, who didn't even really experience the Cold War.

 

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Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 18 Jul 16 5.05pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Originally posted by Mr_Gristle

That's not actually an answer. Who are the enemies?

MAD still exists. Who is going to bomb the UK if we don't have our own deterrent?

I don't recall Spain, Portugal, Canada, Italy et al being threatened with nuclear or conventional attack since the end of the Cold War. They don't have a nuclear option, to the best of my knowledge.

I'd argue that spending tens of billions annually on something we may actually no longer need is beyond bonkers.

If you believe having nukes buys our seat on the UN Security Council, then that's a different argument.

Edited by Mr_Gristle (18 Jul 2016 1.33pm)

I think you've defeated your opinion right there.

 


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