Comment on Britain developing new, sovereign nuclear warhead
flamingos@feddit.uk 6 months agoGiven recent trends over the pond, it’s probably good to have our main deterrent independent from Washington.
Comment on Britain developing new, sovereign nuclear warhead
flamingos@feddit.uk 6 months agoGiven recent trends over the pond, it’s probably good to have our main deterrent independent from Washington.
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.
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.
Emperor@feddit.uk 6 months ago
We could always tie the warheads to donkeys and shoo them in the right direction.
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.