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Should France and the UK share their nuclear weapons with the rest of Europe?
Should France and the UK share their nuclear weapons with the rest of Europe?
No it doesn’t, only the rockets are from a shared pool the war heads are entirely British.
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)
Would a remote killswitch for something aboard a submarine even be technically feasible? Radio waves don’t travel through water very well
The missiles have to travel through the air and even space eventually, after launch.