"Alistair Gunn" wrote in message
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People are always claiming that the UK Tridents can't be fired without
the USA authorisation (or even that only the USA controls them), but they
never seem to be able to provide any evidence for this (or any evidence
as to why the UK would be foolish enough to sign up to such a deal).

Might be something to do with incurring HUGE debts to the US during WW1 and
the rematch between 1939 and '45.

It's call the "special relationship" - either we site their missiles or they
bankrupt us.

--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."