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Old 1st May 2010, 14:28
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S41 - couldnt have put it better myself.

The people it is trying to deter need to be deterrable - and therefore rational.
They also need to have territory - meaning that they have to be States.


There is no doubt that our biggest threat is from "stateless terrorist groups".
I would suggest that Trident would have no deterrent effect at all on such groups and, as such, could not be financially justified.
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