Report challenges Trident renewal

No credible nuclear threat to the UK that will be deterred by Trident

by The Friend Newsdesk 9th March 2012

The plan to spend more than £25m on a nuclear deterrent has been described as ‘nonsensical’ by an independent report. The paper, from the independent liberal think tank CentreForum, argues that the proposal to renew Trident should be scrapped because there is no foreseeable threat to Britain.