Should France and the UK share their nuclear weapons with the rest of Europe?

  • Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    No it doesn’t, only the rockets are from a shared pool the war heads are entirely British.

    • trollercoaster
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      1 day ago

      That’s still a problem at least in the medium term, because the US control the supply of spare parts for the missiles.

      (I won’t mention the possibility of a remote kill switch, because having that on an SLBM would render it useless by design, I hope the UK ruled that out when buying Trident)

      • Skua@kbin.earth
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        1 day ago

        Would a remote killswitch for something aboard a submarine even be technically feasible? Radio waves don’t travel through water very well

        • trollercoaster
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          The missiles have to travel through the air and even space eventually, after launch.