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Decoupling the UK nuclear deterrent from the US after over 60 years of close cooperation between the RN and USN would need a fresh look at what the UK wanted its nuclear force to look like.Once a UK missile no longer looks like a US one when it leaves the water we will have lost a major part of its deterrent effect.Any substitute system whether wholly UK or Anglo French would have to answer the question "Does it actually deter a likely opponent?"For the immediate future we are talking about Russia rather than China, N Korea or Iran since it is now a clear and present danger.Russia retains an impressive arsenal of ground, air and sea launched nuclear systems which could be used either for limited strikes or the total annihilation of the UK.Detering a range of nuclear threats without the US backing us requires more than the ability to erase Moscow and St Petersburg. But what targets and how many could the UK realiistically strike on its own or with France?(I still trust in the US Navy to do their utmost to keep the link with the RN but we are looking here at what happens in the worst case)
Decoupling the UK nuclear deterrent from the US after over 60 years of close cooperation between the RN and USN would need a fresh look at what the UK wanted its nuclear force to look like.
Once a UK missile no longer looks like a US one when it leaves the water we will have lost a major part of its deterrent effect.
Any substitute system whether wholly UK or Anglo French would have to answer the question "Does it actually deter a likely opponent?"
For the immediate future we are talking about Russia rather than China, N Korea or Iran since it is now a clear and present danger.
Russia retains an impressive arsenal of ground, air and sea launched nuclear systems which could be used either for limited strikes or the total annihilation of the UK.
Detering a range of nuclear threats without the US backing us requires more than the ability to erase Moscow and St Petersburg. But what targets and how many could the UK realiistically strike on its own or with France?
(I still trust in the US Navy to do their utmost to keep the link with the RN but we are looking here at what happens in the worst case)
