U.K. Needs Alternative to Continuous Nuclear Defense, RUSI Says
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The U.K. should consider replacing its submarine-based Trident nuclear deterrent with a cheaper system, a defense research body said, as Prime Minister David Cameron seeks the biggest spending cuts since World War II.
The U.K. remains unnecessarily wedded to a system of continuous nuclear defense that isn’t designed to deal with the threat from potential enemies, the Royal United Services Institute said in a study published in London today. Replacing Trident with a comparable system would lead to cutbacks in the budget for other parts of the armed forces, it added.