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• thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s not actually correct. The missiles (the rocket part) are indeed leased from the US, and the maintenance every few years is thus done by them - which keeps the cost down. The warheads are the UKs.

  A freshly serviced trident missile should be good for 5-7 years (although they currently get serviced more frequently).

  If the UK falls out with the US then we have a number of years to either build or own replacement or buy/lease them off another country - France for example has several options in this space that could be easily adapted.

  We are where we are because nobody could imagine the US going rogue like this, a failure of imagination for sure but our nukes are in fact in our control

  …org.uk/heres-how-britains-nukes-are-operationall…

  chathamhouse.org/…/uks-nuclear-deterrent-relies-u…

  …org.uk/no-america-doesnt-control-britains-nuclea…

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