I hadn't thought of this before but the UK nuclear deterrent is based on US built missiles. The UK builds its own subs and warheads, but the launch vehicle is a US designed and built Trident missile. If Trump carries on the way he's going, these may become unreplaceable/unserviceable.
Now, we could possibly buy the French equivalents, but they would probably not fit/work with the existing UK subs. Or we could build own, at enormous cost.
This potentially severely degrades the UK's defence capability. Do we go back to air-dropped bombs? Maybe Storm Shadow could be adapted?
Now, we could possibly buy the French equivalents, but they would probably not fit/work with the existing UK subs. Or we could build own, at enormous cost.
This potentially severely degrades the UK's defence capability. Do we go back to air-dropped bombs? Maybe Storm Shadow could be adapted?
I find the whole thing very worrying, personally.