UK - Botched Nuclear Warhead Projects - The Economist
All the black programs and secret R&D are funded by piling cost over runs on open projects. Every Western military is the same. It can't be a coincidence.
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Wasn't there a quite detailed concept paper (shared on here I think) when the Trident replacement discussion was ongoing, advocating the use of the F-35 force as both a land and sea based Nuclear strike force (carrying a 'WE177-like' weapon, possibly of US origin) as it was a much cheaper option than building replacement SSBN's? I think the general discussion on here was largely dismissive based upon vulnerability to a first strike or 'bolt from the blue' scenario, in much the same way that did for the V-Force in the Strategic Nuclear Role......leading to Polaris.
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Fine if you want to drop a bomb on Kalingrad - that's 650 nm away - and the (optimistic ) current number for the F-35A is around 670 nm combat radius............................ worse for the one's the UK are buying............
