RE: MPs vote to renew Trident weapons system
July 19, 2016 at 11:42 am
(This post was last modified: July 19, 2016 at 11:50 am by The Grand Nudger.)
The point of those subs isn't actually to be sneaky. They're part of the whole MAD thing from the cold war...where you want the other guy to know that they exist, that even if you managed to obliterate their country in a massive, unilateral nuclear strike.....you're still going to get roasted yourself. Defense isn't the word I'd use for that, because ostensibly, they won't be used in that capacity unless there's nothing left to defend in the first place. I don;t know if they put doubts in the heart of the enemy, or whatever the official line about them might be..either. Anyone who decides to nuke the UK is going to have bigger problems than 4 cheap ass ohio knock offs......
I think it's more a point of national pride, and of wanting to be at that table.
I think it's more a point of national pride, and of wanting to be at that table.
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