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UK’s Trident nuclear missile system – unnecessary and unaffordable

it is no longer necessary in the absence of the Cold War Soviet threat.

Trident – who’d buy it? | Greenpeace UK, 1 August 2010, Trident replacement is looking less likely today after Chancellor George Osborne told media that the Treasury weren’t willing to stump up for the project out of central funds…..

The Treasury tried to play the comments down, saying that policy hadn’t changed and this wasn’t news. But they did confirm to us that the Ministry of Defence is now expected to pay for any Trident replacement.

So all defence secretary Liam Fox’s efforts to get Trident excluded from scrutiny by the Strategic Security and Defence Review seem to have come to nought. It may not officially be part of the review but it’s hard to see how this £97bn cold war project is going to escape strong scrutiny from a military that are facing cuts to troops and kit…….

Today’s news follows hot on the heels of a new report by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think-tank which challenged the MoD’s policy of always having at least one trident submarine on patrol at sea – suggesting it is no longer necessary in the absence of the Cold War Soviet threat.

Trident – who’d buy it? | Greenpeace UK

August 2, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | UK, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons