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The Trident program in the UK is coming to its end and the UK government says that we still need an independent nuclear deterrent and that the decision to replace Trident must be taken very soon. This is the Perfect opportunity for the UK to no longer be a nuclear power. The cost of replacing Trident is estimated to be up to £25 BILLION. This money could be used to much better effect combating the real threats to the planet such as global warming and climate and third world poverty. The attacks of 9/11 in the USA and 7/7 in the UK show that Nuclear weapons are not a deterrent to terrorists. .. width="425" height="350" ..Trident Warhead.After the completion of production for Chevaline, a total of nine nuclear tests were conducted by the UK at the Nevada Test Site in the U.S. Most or all of these were no doubt connected with the development of the Trident warhead. The first of these, Phalanx Armada (22 April 1983) had a yield of 20 kt and was probably a test of the warhead primary, the next seven had yields between 20 and 150 kt and could have been tests involving the thermonuclear secondary. The last two of these high yield tests - Aqueduct Barnwell (8 Dec. 1989) and Sculpin Houston (14 Nov. 1990) were almost certainly full yield Trident tests, with seismic magnitudes of 5.7. The last nuclear test conducted by Britain was the Julin Bristol shot held on 26 November 1991. This test, with a yield of 20 kt, may also have been a final proof test of aspects of the Trident warhead such as one of the low yield options.The first batch of British Trident warheads were completed in September 1992. They were designed by the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston, and are assembled at Aldermaston and Burghfield. The warheads are though to have similar characteristics to the U.S. W-76 now on U.S. Trident I and II missiles. Production of this warhead continued into 1999 which was probably its last year of production.According to the AWE the Government's Chief Scientist has "recommended that the Trident design should be reviewed every seven years, to ensure it had not 'drifted' from its original intent."The British Trident warheads are capable of selective yield, ranging from under a kiloton up to the full yield of 100 kt or so (this differs from U.S. SLBM warheads). Yields are probably 0.3 kt, 5-10 kt and 100 kt.
THE SAINTS ARE COMING U2 & GREENDAY If only this had happened as it says at end not as seen on tv. .. width="425" height="350" ..
Very moving video dont know what the type says on it but guessing its the lyrics.The following infomation is taken fromAbout TridentTrident, the UK 's nuclear weapons system, will become obsolete around 2025. The government is soon to make a decision on whether or not to replace or extend its service life.Trident is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) system consisting of four British-built Vanguard class nuclear-powered submarines each carrying up to 16 US Trident II D5 missiles. There are around three British-built nuclear warheads mounted on every missile making about 48 warheads carried by each submarine. Each warhead can be aimed at a different target and each warhead is estimated to have the explosive power of 100 kilotons. This is around eight times the explosive power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.The submarines were built by the Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering Limited (VSEL) company at Barrow in Furness (now owned by BAE Systems) and they are stationed at the Clyde Submarine Base in Faslane , Scotland . One submarine is always on patrol in the oceans. The nuclear warheads are stored and loaded onto the submarines at the adjacent Royal Naval Arms Depot in Coulport. The submarines are refitted in Devonport, Plymouth by Devonport Management Limited (DML) and the nuclear reactors to power them are made by Rolls Royce, Derby. The Atomic Weapons Establishment based at Aldermaston and Burghfield, Berkshire designs, produces and maintains the nuclear warheads. The missiles are 'purchase leased' from a US stockpile which is serviced and stored in Georgia , US.International legislation regarding nuclear weaponsThe nuclear Non-Proliferation TreatyThe nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty came into force in 1970. It is a binding multi-lateral treaty with the goal of general and complete nuclear weapons disarmament and the promotion of peaceful use of nuclear energy. The UK is one of five states that had already acquired nuclear weapons before the treaty was signed. The treaty establishes that those states without nuclear weapons agree not to acquire them and those with nuclear weapons agree to disarm. Article VI of the treaty provides for nuclear disarmament: Each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a Treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.For the full text of the NPT can be found on the United Nations website: http://www.un.org/events/npt2005/npttreaty.html