ubermaus   10 #1 Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) Anyone else think we should be spending on more productive things..greenpeace put the cost of trident around the 35bn mark. What a waste..cant we just buy afew submarines and and scrap this trident business. Id sooner have more money for schools and health than this. Russia etc would be daft to launch a nuclear attack on us. It will never happen..  ---------- Post added 09-04-2015 at 14:08 ----------  Apparently costs about 3bn per year to run the trident programme. Tax payers money Edited April 9, 2015 by ubermaus ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Berberis   10 #2 Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) In a perfect world we wouldn't need it.  Look what happened to Ukraine after they disposed of all their nuclear weapons.  What should we use against a country like Russia in the event of a war, harsh words? Edited April 9, 2015 by Berberis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Timeh   10 #3 Posted April 9, 2015 Anyone else think we should be spending on more productive things..greenpeace put the cost of trident around the 35bn mark. What a waste..cant we just buy afew submarines and and scrap this trident business. Id sooner have more money for schools and health than this. Russia etc would be daft to launch a nuclear attack on us. It will never happen.. ---------- Post added 09-04-2015 at 14:08 ----------  Apparently costs about 3bn per year to run the trident programme. Tax payers money Its a disgusting waste of money for a supposedly civilised country. Think of all the good that money could do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ubermaus   10 #4 Posted April 9, 2015 In a perfect world we wouldn't need it. Look what happened to Ukraine after they disposed of all their nuclear weapons.  What should we use against a country like Russia in the event of a war, hard words?  You think russia will go to war with the UK and the rest of europe and america? Youre even madder than putin.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Timeh   10 #5 Posted April 9, 2015 Anyone else think we should be spending on more productive things..greenpeace put the cost of trident around the 35bn mark. What a waste..cant we just buy afew submarines and and scrap this trident business. Id sooner have more money for schools and health than this. Russia etc would be daft to launch a nuclear attack on us. It will never happen.. Russia would favour an electronic attack, the sort they used against the USS Donald Cook in the Black sea last year by a couple of Sukhoi-24's. America has now banned its fleet from Russian waters and its got their military rattled.  ---------- Post added 09-04-2015 at 14:18 ----------  You think russia will go to war with the UK and the rest of europe and america? Youre even madder than putin..  Russia is being hammered by sanctions, the manipulated oil prices and other variables in the hope they DO attack. We are helping in this and we could end up paying a price for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
The Joker   10 #6 Posted April 9, 2015 In a perfect world we wouldn't need it. Look what happened to Ukraine after they disposed of all their nuclear weapons.  What should we use against a country like Russia in the event of a war, hard words?  Look what happened to Iraq after Saddam had decommissioned all his chemical and biological weapons.             Sorry. . . Was that a bad example to choose? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ubermaus   10 #7 Posted April 9, 2015 Russias economy is collapsing. They dont even have that clout anymore. Threat from the middle east but they arent unified...china maybe but then again china are a capitalist country, what could be gained from alienating other countries, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
truman   10 #8 Posted April 9, 2015 Anyone else think we should be spending on more productive things..greenpeace put the cost of trident around the 35bn mark. What a waste..cant we just buy afew submarines and and scrap this trident business. Id sooner have more money for schools and health than this. Russia etc would be daft to launch a nuclear attack on us. It will never happen.. ---------- Post added 09-04-2015 at 14:08 ----------  Apparently costs about 3bn per year to run the trident programme. Tax payers money  UK military spending is approx 45 billion a year....total public spending is about 730 billion... just to put the Trident cost into some sort of context.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ubermaus   10 #9 Posted April 9, 2015 UK military spending is approx 45 billion a year....total public spending is about 730 billion... just to put the Trident cost into some sort of context..  Why not put that trident money into the troops? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Timeh   10 #10 Posted April 9, 2015 Why not put that trident money into the troops?  Youd have to roll it up pretty tightly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
truman   10 #11 Posted April 9, 2015 Why not put that trident money into the troops?  You'll need to ask the people making the decisions as to why they think Trident is necessary..they have more experience and knowledge of military matters then I do... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
evil woman   10 #12 Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) Anyone else think we should be spending on more productive things..greenpeace put the cost of trident around the 35bn mark. What a waste..cant we just buy afew submarines and and scrap this trident business. Id sooner have more money for schools and health than this. Russia etc would be daft to launch a nuclear attack on us. It will never happen.. ---------- Post added 09-04-2015 at 14:08 ----------  Apparently costs about 3bn per year to run the trident programme. Tax payers money  I bet Ukraine's government wish they had Trident. Giving folk anti-polio injections is a waste of money until there is an outbreak of polio. Edited April 9, 2015 by evil woman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
