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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates
But why the Trident System. The RAF are capable of hitting any target from an aircraft at significantly lower cost of transport vehicle than a Trident armed submarine. They can also do it more accurately with Laser Designation.
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Each Vanguard carries 16 missiles with up to 160 independantly targeted warheads. They are undetectable and can be activated whatever happened to the UK. They can operate, unseen, over 70%of the Earths surface. The RAF doesn't have the aircraft capable of delivering (if they survived to deliver) this sort of defence. Trident and its warheads,once launched, is unstoppable unless we self-destruct. And a nuclear warhead doesn't need Laser Designation-it just needs to get close.
You can't rely on a defence system which, while cheap, may not be effective. You might as well save the money and become a Lib/Dem.