The snarkiness of the general election is well underway. While it’s just been revealed by tabloids that UKIP have got a candidate who’s spent the past 30 years working in porn, we’ve got the broader discussion of something called Trident.
As everyone chats about it, here’s your need-to-know. In numbers, too, because why not?
2.Basically, Trident is our nuclear deterrent – it’s four submarines each capable of carrying 16 Trident II D-5 ballistic nuclear missiles. One submarine is constantly on patrol while one is being repaired and the other two are doing manouveurs. The logic being that if Russia, the US, France, India have nuclear weapons and Pakistan and North Korea threaten to have them, we should probably have some, too.
Cameron says, ‘It is important that in a dangerous insecure world we have that ultimate insurance policy.’
Miliband says, ‘National security is too important to play politics with. I will never compromise our national security, I will never negotiate away our national security.’
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