> The Ministry of Defence said the "nuclear deterrent remains safe, secure and effective".
The test that we did to show that it would work, didn't work but that doesn't mean that it wouldn't work. Of course!
The test that we did to show that it would work, didn't work but that doesn't mean that it wouldn't work. Of course!
OK, so, this might be the kind of thing you'd say, but that is also entirely plausible.
With Trident, either there will be no live usage, or there will be no UK left to do anything about the failure of the second strike weapons.
IIRC, this was a problem for Germany as well. It was the magnetic detonators on both sides .. ?
> With Trident, either there will be no live usage, or there will be no UK left to do anything about the failure of the second strike weapons.
.. in the event of trident failures, you mean. The third possibility is that they do work, and there still is no UK, but at least there is less of everyone. So fun to think about /s