Trident

[manctheknife]

Big difference between systems like Iron Dome intercepting subsonic low trajectory missiles at relatively short distances and an ABM system that has to intercept and destroy multiple maneuverable warheads, probably with decoys thrown in, on a ballistic trajectory at long range.

Or....a big net.

 

[FanchesterCity]

No keys required mate. It's on a crank handle.

No you're just on a wind up!

 

[Blue Til Death]

Trident is a must, unlike static conventional missile silo's the subs are almost impossible to track and therefore the deterrent factor is multiplied many times over..! We cant rely on other countries or the likes of Corbyn to protect us or provide the deterrent factor so its a no brainer really..!

 

[Yaya_Tony]

We spend millions looking for life on other planets while we have people on our own planet dying through a lack of basic human needs, we cant afford to give pensioners a decent pension and have cut backs left right and centre but we can find money for a nuclear program.

The world is a fucked up place, maybe if we didn't go skipping along hand in hand with America invading the middle east we wouldnt need to worry about these issues.

We (as a human race) have just sent a probe to Jupiter, just to see what's there. The project has been decades in the making. The fact some fucktards in the middle east want to blow each other up is neither here or there Unfortunately for them arseholes, there is decent people knocking about who won't stand for it.

 

[FanchesterCity]

We could send ISIS to Jupiter

Problem solved.

 

[FanchesterCity]

What happens if another nation (baddies) build a similar sub and launch from there? where do we aim for if we're not sure who fired it? And what if, heaven forbid, terrorists manage to launch Pakistani missile at us - but they aren't Pakistanis?

Not much of a deterrent then, cos they're firing it from someone else's back yard.

 

[manctheknife]

What happens if another nation (baddies) build a similar sub and launch from there? where do we aim for if we're not sure who fired it? And what if, heaven forbid, terrorists manage to launch Pakistani missile at us - but they aren't Pakistanis?

Not much of a deterrent then, cos they're firing it from someone else's back yard.

We play it safe and nuke France.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Trident is a must, unlike static conventional missile silo's the subs are almost impossible to track and therefore the deterrent factor is multiplied many times over..! We cant rely on other countries or the likes of Corbyn to protect us or provide the deterrent factor so its a no brainer really..!

The vast majority of the other major nations in the world - Canada, Australia, Mexico, Malaysia, Indonesia, Spain, Italy, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Japan to name but a few - don't have nuclear weapons.

Taiwan, which has been under constant threat by China for nearly 70 years doesn't have nuclear weapons yet hasn't been invaded.

 

[CTID1988]

If a country did launch first and we are all fucked, what is the real need in launching one back and killing millions more innocent people? Their leader might be a ****, but they don't deserve to die surely?

If i was in charge of the button i dont think id be able to push it even if we were fucked. Thats why im not prime minister though i suppose

 

[borassic]

Sad state of humanity that we need Nuclear weapons. If it wasn't for our imperialist foreign policy we wouldn't need a deterrent as there would be no need to attack us in the first place.