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Should Britain spend 100 billion on renewing their nuclear weapons system?
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∙ 8y ago
That is very much a matter of opinion. From a practical, purely 'warfare' point of view many - even the British military - might consider it money better spent on other things; or in the case of the military, on weaponry much better suited and much needed for the British Army's mostly policing and peacekeeping tasks of today.
But being a nuclear power has political benefits in the eyes of the British government: you belong to an elite group of 'nuclear' countries; it justifies Britain's prestigious position in the UN Security Council; and it makes you generally being taken seriously on the world stage - exactly the reason why North Korea wants to be considered a nuclear country.
So it's practical and ideological arguments on both sides. You choose for yourself.
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