Comment on Britain developing new, sovereign nuclear warhead

Emperor@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• flamingos@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Given recent trends over the pond, it’s probably good to have our main deterrent independent from Washington.

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  • thehatfox@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The delivery system, the Trident missiles, are still made by the US.

    We haven’t had a nuclear-capable missile program since the 1970s.

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    • flamingos@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh, you’re right, I misinterpreted the article. Well, this seems pretty pointless then, who cares if the explodey bit is ‘sovereign’ if we can’t get it where we need it.

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      • Emperor@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        We could always tie the warheads to donkeys and shoo them in the right direction.

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      • Tweak@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Also Trident is a multi-stage rocket, they haven’t even got the first stage working right in the last two tests, let alone the final delivery stage.

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