As omeone who in 2000 speak is a 'customer' orf the UK armed forces , ie a citizen the questionI have a few questions to pose, in an amiable way i hope
1 Can we afford an indepenedent deterent today
2 Do we need one since effectively nuking london would massively contaminate France who tend to strike back more than we do anyway
3 If we had nukes dont the Americans have all the launch data anyway and can prevent us from going it alone
It seems to me a serious time to asses this, I think a politician recently said without nuclear weapons we would just be Belgium, but he overlooked that fact the the average Belge in the Rue/Straat is better off than his /her Brit opposite number and has better healthcare, pensions, transport , less social chaos etc etc etc. So Nukes are fine for a really unlikely event but for most probablyscenarios theyare a huge waste of money
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Would anyone actually care if london was nuked, I mean really care???
They'd be doing us a favour imho, the place stinks of rat piss.