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To: Cicero

They have Tridents on land?


61 posted on 02/15/2009 5:34:12 PM PST by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Gondring

He wrote NUCLEAR deterrent, not “Trident deterrent”.


66 posted on 02/15/2009 5:37:20 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: Gondring

No. But they used to have land-based missiles. Not sure if they do now. I just googled around, and the Trident force seems to be the only point of contention when arguing about nuclear deterrent.

http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/wmd/Former_top_military_brass_say_British_nuclear_deterrent_useless170016927.php

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/uk/doctrine/sdr06/index.html

IF so, then this was indeed a quarter of their entire nuclear deterrant at risk. Which is kind of scary.


81 posted on 02/15/2009 5:51:11 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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