The Case For Trident
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DCB
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Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I'm glad we've got them and am convinced that their existence, however you look at it, is the reason we are still here.
No one can win with Nuclear weapons which is probably why they haven't been deployed and used in any of the wars or conflicts since the first fateful use way back in 1945.
A necessary evil that maintains the scales in a balanced position IMO.
No one can win with Nuclear weapons which is probably why they haven't been deployed and used in any of the wars or conflicts since the first fateful use way back in 1945.
A necessary evil that maintains the scales in a balanced position IMO.
PhilTheFragger
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I think everybody would prefer that they didn't exist, but they do. And if Putin and some potentially unstable foreign powers have them, then I want them too.
They are the intimate deterrent to them being used
A bigger problem is a terrorist group or nutcase gets hold of a nuke or the materials to make a dirty bomb.
They are the intimate deterrent to them being used
A bigger problem is a terrorist group or nutcase gets hold of a nuke or the materials to make a dirty bomb.
Sweep
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A necessary evil, but if the other side have them, we have to have them.
Whilst it's all very noble of the SNP to want them gone from Scottish soil, I am sure everyone in Scotland will be screaming for protection from the rest of the UK if it all kicks off.
Whilst it's all very noble of the SNP to want them gone from Scottish soil, I am sure everyone in Scotland will be screaming for protection from the rest of the UK if it all kicks off.
Doon frae Troon
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If it all kicks off with them, I would imagine that no one would be bothered as they will all be dead.
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Having them makes sure it doesn't all kick off
SocketRocket
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Would you sleep safer in your bed knowing countries like Russia, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan etc have them and we don't?
williamalex1
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Honest question , is the Trident upgrade really necessary .
SocketRocket
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Technology moves on and systems like this reach an end to their lifespan such that they cost more to maintain than replace. A bit like cars.
williamalex1
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Seems a waste to scrap a 15 year car that's never been used or even out of its garage. Maybe we should sell them " buyer beware" on some advertising site.
gazr99
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I would rather have a deterrent we are unlikely to use than not, especially considering the amount Russian planes are going into our airspace recently. Who said the Cold War is over?
SwingsitlikeHogan
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Do Germans lose sleep over not having a nuke capability?
SocketRocket
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Seems a waste to scrap a 15 year car that's never been used or even out of its garage. Maybe we should sell them " buyer beware" on some advertising site.
I think you will find that the submarines have gone round the clock a few times. As I said technology becomes redundant after a time and more difficult to maintain. Just like golf clubs
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SocketRocket
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I believe Germany was restricted to the type of defence they could have at the end of WW2. As part of NATO we stationed a very large Army of the Rhine in Germany during the cold war, this Army was protected by the NATO nuclear deterrent. Germans did not sleep easy in their beds, especially the ones in the East.
SwingsitlikeHogan
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Probably not, but they do sleep safe and sound under the NATO umbrella.
As we would surely also?
SocketRocket
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Thats a somewhat hypocritical view!
SwingsitlikeHogan
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Sorry - don't know why you say that. We know the USA are never going to disarm and as part of NATO they have a duty to protect the UK. We can play our part in NATO in other ways useful to ther USA and rest of NATO.
SocketRocket
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I say it because it is. Why should France or the USA not say that they could save money and let the UK provide a nuclear deterrent that they can live safely under. We are a permanent member of the UN security council and as such have certain International responsibilities.
Sweep
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That's OK then. Let everyone else pay to protect us and we will take no responsibility at all. Result! Sounds like an SNP party election broadcast.
