Posted on 11/22/2015 10:17:42 PM PST by Mariner
Britain will order four new nuclear submarines, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced at the Conservative party conference in Manchester.
In a clear message to anti-Trident Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, the PM said four new submarines would be ordered to replace the existing fleet, which will be retired.
In his first conference speech since the Tories won a parliamentary majority in May’s general election, Cameron used the occasion to present a strong opposition to Corbyn’s foreign policy stance, highlighting the importance of a strong nuclear deterrent.
He told a packed hall that the nuclear deterrent is the country’s “ultimate insurance policy,†adding that the government would commit to the NATO defense spending target of 2 percent of GDP.
“Our independent nuclear deterrent is our ultimate insurance policy – this government will order four new Trident submarines,†Cameron said.
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They'll be some upgraded version of the existing Vanguard class of SSBN.
Carrying their existing Trident D5 missiles.
Still, formidable.
Good on the Conservatives for the 2% NATO pledge. I hope it happens.
Which submarine force in the world do you think is the best? We used to be but now I don’t know.
I’d rather they boot out all the mooslimbs back to the big cat box in the Middle East
Nice new home for W76’s and W88’s !!!
Build more !!!
I suspect they'll replicate that as they don't want to buy more missiles.
Still, 16 D5's is a fearsome load.
IMHO, Antarctic would be a better location. Only the penguins would object!
Current planning calls for an entirely new platform to come into service in 2030.
Still, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with the Ohio class boats besides they are getting a bit long in the tooth.
It's still the best and most capable SSBN in the world, bar none.
OK 16 is a lot of destruction. Just hope the mooselimbs don’t get their hands on them...
No other country in the world comes close to the USN submarine force.
It's like comparing Oranges and Swahili.
Other countries have OK boats for the littorals, but when they must go to sea, they die.
And, don't believe all the hoopla on Chinese boats, they can be tracked from over 100 miles away...easily. There are surface ships that are not as loud.
Do you think our submarine fleet is still the best?
Thanks. That’s reassuring.
I remember in “Hunt for Red October” there was mention of us being able to listen in on conversations from a nearby sub. It sounds plausible.
Sorry for the other question.
I hope it doesn’t. Moslem “British” crews will be in those things. Better to wrap up UK nukes now before the inevitable happens and RN Captain Rahman Mohammed heads to sea with a load of Trident missiles.
Just wait until they get into power via demographics.
What could possibly go wrong?
Yeah, people don’t realize the Russian military is 40 percent moslum
Moscow is 20 percent
Paris is 40 percent
I wonder who will be the first moslum captain of a nuke sub.
Hopefully the ChiComs are still that crude and poorly trained.
“Paris is 40 percent”
More like 10-15%
The birthrate of Muslims being three to four times higher than that of non-Muslims, the proportion of children, teenagers, and young adults in urban France is not 5-11 percent but a very impressive 33 percent or so.
http://www.meforum.org/337/islam-in-france-the-french-way-of-life-is-in
Accidents happen...
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