If Trident was used, the most likely scenario is it would come down the submarine commander at the time.
There are specific instructions locked away in each sub on what the course of action is to be - as the chances are, London wouldn't actually exist anymore, and there's no telling what state comms would be in. Quite how the commander is determine that London is no more - I don't know.
There are some underwater communications plus the more obvious radio / sat, and maybe some other technologies, but logically, in order for the sub to know that London is gone, it must either a) be specifically told so, or b) assume so due to a lack of communication. How long the commander would wait after communications failed, I don't know, and how he'd know which nation attacked us, I don't know (unless he's getting downlink information from some tracking satellite.
Most of them come under the nuclear umbrella therefore have no need to acquire nuclear weapons.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.
It's supposed to be silence on Radio 4 for a set number of days.
There are also supposed to be instructions on each sub, written by the Prome Minister. When we get a new PM each sub recieves new instructions. So if you're a smart Johnny Foreigner looking to bomb the UK you assassoinate the PM. The singel sub that is at sea then needs to get new instructions some how. You pin point the hand over from Postman Pat and launch.
Could we make it silence on talksport for a set number of days?...that would work.It's supposed to be silence on Radio 4 for a set number of days.
There are also supposed to be instructions on each sub, written by the Prome Minister. When we get a new PM each sub recieves new instructions. So if you're a smart Johnny Foreigner looking to bomb the UK you assassoinate the PM. The singel sub that is at sea then needs to get new instructions some how. You pin point the hand over from Postman Pat and launch.
Is that like the ones you get for £2 in Sports Direct?Most of them come under the nuclear umbrella therefore have no need to acquire nuclear weapons.
Exactly. I use mine when I'm goin Fission...Is that like the ones you get for £2 in Sports Direct?
Hahaha........was going to post something similar!This reads like a Swedish version of allo allo
I read the other day that the new PM writes instructions in a sealed envelope for each of the four subs which is kept under lock and key. The 4 options she was given should London/UK be wiped out were;It's supposed to be silence on Radio 4 for a set number of days.
There are also supposed to be instructions on each sub, written by the Prome Minister. When we get a new PM each sub recieves new instructions. So if you're a smart Johnny Foreigner looking to bomb the UK you assassoinate the PM. The singel sub that is at sea then needs to get new instructions some how. You pin point the hand over from Postman Pat and launch.
Well, at that point it isn't a deterrent any more. You don't know if your family is still alive, but if you fire your missiles (at missile silos still with missiles in) then whichever enemy it is will just fire them back at your country (use them or lose them), so if your family has survived you'd be responsible for increasing the threat to them. I think the historic phrase is "self-deterrence" *.It's supposed to be silence on Radio 4 for a set number of days.
There are also supposed to be instructions on each sub, written by the Prome Minister. When we get a new PM each sub recieves new instructions. So if you're a smart Johnny Foreigner looking to bomb the UK you assassoinate the PM. The singel sub that is at sea then needs to get new instructions some how. You pin point the hand over from Postman Pat and launch.
No they don't - that's only a stance for deterrence purposes....The Russians actually intend to use Nukes tactically in their current battle plans.