Pentagon reveals deal with Britain to replace Trident
 

Being bounced into coming to a firm decision?

Article in The Guardian:-
MPs dismayed after US defence officials leak news of nuclear weapons deal before parliament is told

Interesting detail in this transcript of the Commander US STRATCOM's statement to the US Senate Armed Services Committee on 13 Feb 20 here - huge developments under way now to modernize the US TRIAD and NC3:

https://www.stratcom.mil/Portals/8/D...SASC_Final.pdf

More official info here:

https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/budget

More press coverage here:

https://www.defensedaily.com/planned...modernization/

https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/will...clear-warhead/

Sounds like synthetic reaction to me - after all there RN Is spending billions building new boats and the National Audit Office was banging on about cost overruns on the new warheads only a couple of weeks ago

Not cost overruns on warhead production but the massive delays and cost increases on MENSA - the yet-to-be completed final Assembly/Disassembly facility at Burghfield. The rhinoceros in the room, however, is the huge technical and scientific overhead to develope, test and manufacture a new range of warheads.