Oedo 808 Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 I stumbled across this old article in the New Statesman. Really put a fresh perspective on Trident for me anyway.http://www.newstatesman.com/200603270008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Von Mondragon Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 No, they definitely have a point, aerodynamics or somesuch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B. Arthur Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 It certainly gave me a new perspective - I thought it was toothpaste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Stu Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I don't know why that would give you a fresh perspective on the matter, unless you hadn't previously considered it at all. These claims concerning the operational independence of Trident are as vague and baseless as they are tired. If there are no permissive action links on the Trident missile system, and the British Prime Minister ultimately takes the decision, or leaves instructions in his absence, then it is an operationally independent system.We also share military assets like satellites and depend heavily on the US for reconnaissance support and their deep strategic reserves, long range precision bombing etc. as was evident in the recent and ongoing Libya campaign. Trident is hardly the only way they 'twist our arm' in our role as 'junior partner' or whatever nauseating description the politicians want to give our relationship. We're just as buggered if they don't feel like shipping us our Tomahawks and (when they finally get their shit together) our brand new STOVLs for our shiny new aircraft carrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B. Arthur Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Oh no, it was chewing gum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Kenneth Waltz, ?The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: More May Better,? Adelphi Papers, Number 171 (London: International Institute f Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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