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PM Urged To Spell Out New Nuke Deterrent Fund

Trident System cost: £ 34 billion

6:44am UK, Friday August 27, 2010

Something must be wrong here. So we are told to cut jobs, pensions, welfare, housing, schools renovations, etc However we are prepared to spend £ 34 billion on nuclear weapons ? It must be a joke ! Do we need missiles which has the destructive capability to return the modern world to the Middle Ages ? No, it is disproportioned, there is no big enemy like the former Soviet Union anymore. Perhaps it is time to discuss within the EU a joint nuclear defence system that would have the costs shared among all members countries. Also we need to stop relying on US supplies of technology and defence services. The Trident warheads are made in US, and all missiles are also serviced there. The current generation of four submarines would begin to end their working lives some time in the 2020s. Why rush on this when there is time to find an cheaper and effective alternative within our borders ? As usual, Tories wrong priorities.

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