Due to it’s survivability, there is no greater nuclear deterrent than a Trident missile submarine.
The same independent liberal think tank (talk about oxymorons) that earlier criticized the F-35 for being obsolete wants to entrust Britain’s nuclear deterrent on it.
Agreed. Boomers, at least when at sea, have negligible vulnerability to a first strike. Aircraft and land based missiles unfortunately are highly vulnerable. And the UK is in a bad spot because they are so damned close to the likely aggressor. Subs are the only nuclear deterrent that makes sense for them.
And let’s not kid ourselves. The SNP and their fellow travelers in the left wing wasteland that is Scottish politics all want unilateral nuclear disarmament.