Originally Posted by Nedusa

First of all its not our Nuclear Deterrent its the US's , we have little control over it in real terms , the targeting and control and maintenace and upkeep are all supplied by the US. We are simply the UK part of the US's overall Trident system.

Personally for vast sums involved I would prefer to have a fully independent system one that is controlled by the UK Govt in every sense of the word.

So is the money we pay worth what we get in return........probably not !!!!!

Would I prefer not to have any deterrent or the current system then grudingly I would still prefer to have the current system than nothing, as more and more smaller states are eventually going to aquire Nuclear weapons and must know a much bigger stick exists should they ever be mad enough to try and use any form of Nuclear blackmail on the UK.