purplenose
Well-Known Member
US - hardly gonna nuke us
France - well their nukes haven't really been helpfull in stopping them being attacked domestically, hardly gonna attack us
India & Pakistan - used by both to prevent them attacking each other.., unlikely they will nuke us.
Isreal - Their to prevent any Idea of nearby countries attacking en mass, very unlikely they will nuke us.
North Korea - have not got the capability to nuke us at present.
China - global main player but also not a country famed for expansionism or war mongering, hardly likely to nuke us.
Russia - only country that might consider attacking us, but they know if they launched a nuke at anyone Nato would retaliate, more likely to attack us by land and sea than nuke us.
So of the other 8 nuclear armed countries, there is really hardly a chance of us ever being nuked and us using nukes, Germany, Spain, South Africa, Japan, Canada etc don't feel the need to have them and we don't need thwm either.
I would rather have a strong well equipt army/navy/air force and inteligence serviceready to defend this Island and help other countries when needed than money wasted on a deterent we will never use.
I am afraid though you are correct in your summary of those nations, in that summary you cannot be 100% sure with some of those nations, With N Korea you say at present? Russia may be a threat as you say, imho whilst Putin is in charge there will be sabre rattling but nothing more, but what comes after Putin. our nuclear weapons are not just a deterent against use of nuclear weapons against us but other WMD too.
Ideal world and all that....but sadly its not.
I agree with your views on the conventional forces, however under Corbyn that would not be the case would it? Not that the Tories have been much better under Cameron.