None of that is accurate. Britain retains unilateral ability to launch. The only items sent to the US are the unarmed missiles.
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Piatro@programming.dev 3 weeks agoYou mean the nukes that we aren’t allowed to fire without US approval? That we have to send something like a billion per year to the US to get serviced and as a result aren’t even available to fire sometimes? Sorry but it seems very unlikely that trident is offering any kind of protection for us.
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moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I think we can fire them without US approval. Sure it’s a problem that the UK is reliant on US missiles to deliver British nukes. France is in a better situation because they have French missiles for their nukes - they’re not dependent on foreign missiles.
Maybe the solution then is to develop British or European missiles and bombs for British nukes, rather than scrap Britain’s nukes altogether.
tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Each missile costs up to £5 million to maintain per year. Think of all those arm manufacturers bonuses at risk if everyone had your attitude.