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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth
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.
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And who are we going to, or be prepared to, use Trident against - Zimbabwe, Sudan, Morocco, Palestine, Iran, Afghanistan, Eire???????????