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originally posted by: NewsGlug
Great, so now the conservative party want to increase our chances of being a target by accepting American nukes. Fantastic
I wish the government would stop burying other people nuke waste in England, badly, and not allow others to put their nukes here
originally posted by: opethPA
originally posted by: Metallicus
Nuclear weapons are an unacceptable option in any and all situations. I despise nukes and would like to see them banned internationally. If I were President I would disarm all of our nuclear weapons and hope that we can set an example for the rest of the world. I would never launch them even if I had them at my disposal.
Clearly I feel very strongly about the horror of nuclear war.
Thankfully you will never be President.
I'm not arguing against the horrors of an all out nuclear war but disarming a country and hoping the rest of the world does the same is a bit naive.
originally posted by: boymonkey74
a reply to: stumason
Yes but do you want nuclear weapons not controlled by us fired from the UK? What If the next president is a nut? also things can change in the world todays enemy may be next weeks pal.
originally posted by: boymonkey74
Sure we have our own nukes but we may refrain when other want to use them.
originally posted by: Shiloh7
a reply to: stumason
I wonder if many of our servicemen who fought there would agree with you I know several who wouldn't.
originally posted by: Shiloh7
Its the bankers and industrialists who make money from war but have no accountability to the publics' they kill that bother me when it comes to nuke control, especially not on their own soil.
originally posted by: Soloprotocol
Good, I hope they put them in every county in England, see how you guys feel.?
It's seems acceptable south of the Border that 300 are stored not 20 miles from Glasgow, but dare mention storing Just one in England and all hell breaks loose.
Get them all to # and not just from Scotland/UK, from planet Earth.
originally posted by: stumason
originally posted by: Soloprotocol
Good, I hope they put them in every county in England, see how you guys feel.?
It's seems acceptable south of the Border that 300 are stored not 20 miles from Glasgow, but dare mention storing Just one in England and all hell breaks loose.
Get them all to # and not just from Scotland/UK, from planet Earth.
Every single one of those warheads was built in England, at the AWE in Aldermaston, Berkshire. Many are stored there to be decommissioned as well and that is where also perform all weapons research.
Not to mention that all the nuclear submarines are built in England and the refuelling/repair of the SSN's is at Devonport, England.
And because of your national whining, the MoD is also looking at relocating the SSBN base from Scotland to somewhere less complainy - Gibraltar in fact... Which means thousands of job losses for the Scots who work the base.
I know that bursts your anti-English bubble, Solo, but it's the truth.
originally posted by: Soloprotocol
Bollocks, I know guys who have worked on Nuclear subs at faslane. (Contracted by Babcock engineering) As for thousands of job losses..? The figure is more like 550 when a Sub is in for repair..less than 300 full time employees when they are not...so no big loss,
Even the people who live around faslane (11,000) have came to the conclusion that The base brings in very little ££ into the community. Gib as a nuke base,? yeah Spain and the people of Gibraltar are gonna love that..No chance.