Unlike most US allies in NATO, the UK is officially a nuclear weapons state, and therefore less reliant on Washington’s nuclear extended deterrence guarantee. It has its own nuclear weapons system, Trident, which is based in Britain and ostensibly operates independently.
However, Trident is closely linked to the US’s nuclear programme, raising concerns about its independence. The missiles are US-built, and the system relies on the US for maintenance.
As said ostensibly only the prime minster has to give approval to use Trident, however in reality because most of the system is built whole or in part by the US they are required for it’s continuous upkeep to be operational and could remotely, or from their bases in the UK, prevent them from working sorry for the reddit comment link the info contained therein is in the legit sources I posted and others but this comment puts it succinctly if you don’t feel like trudging through a lot of technical info)
The prophecy that was revealed to me when I was tripping spheres at glasto(was also working there the week before and after, setting up and tearing down stages, I’m not boogie enough to buy a ticket lol) and saw this
is coming true!
spoiler
Although I’m afraid it heralds the coming of rather than socialism
https://cnduk.org/resources/trident-us-connection/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_(UK_nuclear_programme)
(UK government think tank source) https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/03/uks-nuclear-deterrent-relies-us-support-there-are-no-other-easy-alternatives
As said ostensibly only the prime minster has to give approval to use Trident, however in reality because most of the system is built whole or in part by the US they are required for it’s continuous upkeep to be operational and could remotely, or from their bases in the UK, prevent them from working sorry for the reddit comment link the info contained therein is in the legit sources I posted and others but this comment puts it succinctly if you don’t feel like trudging through a lot of technical info)
lmao, SNP finally got rid of Trident.
The prophecy that was revealed to me when I was tripping spheres at glasto(was also working there the week before and after, setting up and tearing down stages, I’m not boogie enough to buy a ticket lol) and saw this
is coming true!
spoiler
Although I’m afraid it heralds the coming of
rather than socialism
Luxemburg talked about socialism or barbarism, but she failed to consider this.
Thanks for the awesome reply!
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