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Monday, February 16, 2015

Replacing Trident with jets ‘would save £13bn’

UGM-133 TridentReplacing Trident with a nuclear deterrent dropped from the air would save up to £13 billion for priority defence equipment spending, a think-tank has claimed in a new report.

Trident nuclear submarines at Faslane are an “expensive and excessive” solution to the UK deterrence requirements and would have been ineffective even during the Cold War, CentreForum said in its analysis.

Instead, the UK’s forthcoming F-35 Joint Strike Fighters – a stealth aircraft bought for conventional missions – should be adapted to deliver a “minimum nuclear deterrent” based upon a stockpile of 100 British built B61-12 nuclear bombs, the “independent liberal” think-tank stated.

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1 comment:

  1. Curtis Conway17/2/15 02:56

    If its not broke don't fix it. The Nuclear Triad has worked well since its inception. No Changes!

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