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Old 4th Dec 2006, 11:24
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toddbabe
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Nuclear (trident replacement) do we need one?

Lots of talk on the telly and radio from the Pm and his cronies about replacing the ageing trident nuclear force, Do we need to have a nuclear force in todays world? lots of other simmilar sized Euro countries manage just fine without!
25 billion is a lot of money for something we won't ever use and can't use without the yanks permission.
It's all very well saying that these so called rogue states could use them against us, but they won't and deep down we all know it.
The cold war has long gone let go of the past and invest the money in something more worthwhile.
We are not and never again will be a major player in world affairs, it's about time we stopped trying to be.
I used to be a major supporter of nukes but just don't think we can justify them anymore.