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Should the UK keep it's nuclear deterrent ?

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OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 4 Apr 2013 10:04

In view of the fact that the UK is a member of NATO and has the US and France as allies, my question is does the UK need it's own independent nuclear deterrent ?

The UK would be "foolish" to abandon Trident in the face of the potential threat of nuclear attack from North Korea and Iran, David Cameron has said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22023184

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 4 Apr 2013 11:02

Definately!!

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me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 4 Apr 2013 11:05

Yes,

Roy

lilybids

lilybids Report 4 Apr 2013 11:06

Of course we should

Muffyxx

Muffyxx Report 4 Apr 2013 11:18

Absolutely yes.

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All comments made by me are all mine unless otherwise stated. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or real life events unless otherwise stated is purely coincidental.

Merlin

Merlin Report 4 Apr 2013 13:34

No Question ,Yes,

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ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 4 Apr 2013 13:43

Too true

GinN

GinN Report 4 Apr 2013 13:49

While there are any other countries holding it, it's got to be - definitely, yes!

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Anything and everything that takes my fancy.

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 4 Apr 2013 14:01

Yes

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 4 Apr 2013 14:11

I agree with the need for a nuclear deterrent so I am not advocating that there should not be one, just questioning whether a shared nuclear deterrent would not provide adequate protection, and if not why not.

Gordon Brown rejected sharing with France, however in the latter part of 2010 this idea raised it's head again when David David Cameron discussed the issue during talks with Nicolas Sarkozy.

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Julia

Julia Report 4 Apr 2013 14:17

Yes, we should keep our own, for the very obvious reasons.

Also, it would put my best friend's son out of work.

Julia in Derbyshire

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GeordiePride

GeordiePride Report 4 Apr 2013 15:54

We must always be prepared for the worst and defend ourselves accordingly.
Therefore the answer has got to be yes.

GP

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 4 Apr 2013 16:07

The obvious problem with a shared deterrent is being able to relie on another country to support what may not be a shared cause or view


Roy

Tecwyn

Tecwyn Report 4 Apr 2013 16:09

This country should always maintain its own nuclear deterrent independently. We should never have to rely on America, and certainly not France, for protection from any aggressor.

Tec

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 4 Apr 2013 16:22


101% YES... and with even MORE improvements to our military defense system.

I want more and more protection for our children and their children's children etc,

Researching:
... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz3lwXEGWIM ... There is no God. No single Creator. There is only Creation itself. Creation does not need to be explained ... It just IS.

BrianW

BrianW Report 4 Apr 2013 17:39

Just imagine a rogue State wanted to sling a missile our way.
We would need the permission of (say) France to sling one back or to ask them to do it for us.
The purpose of deterence is to let a potential aggressor know that we can sling one back ourselves and therefore put them off the idea before it happens.
There are some pretty silly people out there with or developing their own toys: it's not the time to drop our guard.
The danger is greater than at any time since the Cuban stand-off during the Cold War.
A nuclear free World is a great aim but not until civilisation has spread all over.

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Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)