Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey is calling on the government to start building a “fully independent British nuclear deterrent” to end the UK’s reliance on the US.
The UK has operational control of its nuclear arsenal, including British-built warheads, but it depends on the US to supply and maintain the Trident missiles that would deliver them.
In a speech to his party’s spring conference in York on Sunday, Sir Ed will argue the UK’s continued reliance on US support is an unacceptable risk to national security.
You do realise the whole x-gen fighter is nothing but marketing bullshit from the US defense industry, right?
The worst plane in the world, is the one sitting on the ground. And the F35 cannot sustain prolonged operation. Can barely sustain intermittent operations. It’s gonna sit in the hangar, mechanics desperately trying to maintain it, all while your airfields and hangars are being shelled day 1. Good luck with that.