Friday, March 16, 2007

One word... Trident.

Poseidon, the Greek god of antiquity, utilised his trident in numerous ways. He was claimed to have been able to cause earthquakes, manifest horses from nowhere, and manipulate the waves with his favourite three pronged weapon...

Trident also refers to the Royal Navy's nuclear Ballistic Missile system, consisting of Vanguard class submarines and Trident II D-5 submarine-launched ballistic missels.

I discovered that estimates as to the eventual cost of renewing the Trident program differed, with Government estimations putting it at roughly £20 billion whereas other sources listing it as closer to £100 billion.

I'm sure that I cannot be the only one who thinks Trident belongs in antiquity along with Poseidon...? Are we not as a human species past this...?!

The Cold War is over...we do not need nuclear weapons, and the rhetoric of renewal is plain hypocrisy given our Government's refusal to allow so called 'Rogue States' as Iran, the right to defend themselves using that very same technology...

As far as I'm concerned we do not need nukes...we need teachers, doctors, nurses...

So far, it seems as if policy makers are not getting the point...

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