☢️ BOOM: Cap on Trident nuclear warhead stockpile to rise by more than 40%

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GJABS replied

19 March 2021, 15:45
Originally posted by AtW View Post

12345, same as the combination on Boris's luggage

I wouldn't be surprised!

'Secret' Nuclear Missile Launch Code During Cold War Was '00000000'

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...784?ri18n=true
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OwlHoot replied

16 March 2021, 18:25
Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

What's the point of anyone in government making any announcements if they leak it all for the papers to report on several days in advance?

Yeah, I know, just grumpy this morning...

What probably happened is some minister, clutching a top-secret document open face out on the most secret page, walked past a row of press photographers, poised with their cameras each with a three foot long telephoto lens. So it wasn't a leak at all, just some nosey prying press hounds sneakily managing to obtain information they had no right to see!
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AtW replied

16 March 2021, 16:23
Originally posted by GJABS View Post

Nah, they're useless without the codes to operate them.

12345, same as the combination on Boris's luggage
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GJABS replied

16 March 2021, 09:26
Originally posted by Mordac View Post

If Scotland become independent they'll have all our nukes. Do we think potentially giving Nicola Sturgeon 260 nuclear warheads is the cleverest thing to be doing right about now? Alex Salmond's neighbours ought to be seriously thinking of moving...

Nah, they're useless without the codes to operate them.
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vetran replied

16 March 2021, 09:23
Originally posted by Mordac View Post

If Scotland become independent they'll have all our nukes. Do we think potentially giving Nicola Sturgeon 260 nuclear warheads is the cleverest thing to be doing right about now? Alex Salmond's neighbours ought to be seriously thinking of moving...

Its alright she would forget she had them.
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AtW replied

16 March 2021, 08:56
Boris invites Russia to lodge their objections to the plan now to avoid humiliating U-turn after policy is announced without having it cleared with Kremlin

HTH
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ladymuck replied

16 March 2021, 08:52
What's the point of anyone in government making any announcements if they leak it all for the papers to report on several days in advance?

Yeah, I know, just grumpy this morning...
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Mordac replied

16 March 2021, 00:32
If Scotland become independent they'll have all our nukes. Do we think potentially giving Nicola Sturgeon 260 nuclear warheads is the cleverest thing to be doing right about now? Alex Salmond's neighbours ought to be seriously thinking of moving...
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AtW replied

15 March 2021, 23:59
“Campaigners warned the UK was at risk of starting a “new nuclear arms race” ”
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AtW started a topic ☢️ BOOM: Cap on Trident nuclear warhead stockpile to rise by more than 40%

15 March 2021, 23:58
☢️ BOOM: Cap on Trident nuclear warhead stockpile to rise by more than 40%

“Britain is lifting the cap on the number of Trident nuclear warheads it can stockpile by more than 40%, Boris Johnson will announce on Tuesday, ending 30 years of gradual disarmament since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The increased limit, from 180 to 260 warheads, is contained in a leaked copy of the integrated review of defence and foreign policy, seen by the Guardian. It paves the way for a controversial £10bn rearmament in response to perceived threats from Russia and China.

The review also warns of the “realistic possibility” that a terrorist group will “launch a successful CBRN [chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear] attack by 2030”, although there is little extra detail to back up this assessment”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...y-more-than-40

Noice, but stockpiles are No 1 target
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