A Nuclear Weapons-Free World?: Trident Renewal
Ritchie, Nick
2015-11-03 00:00:00
[The Labour Party has a traumatic history when it comes to nuclear weapons, a theme explored further in Chapter 5. When it was returned to power in 1997 the Blair leadership saw little domestic political payoff in radical changes to UK nuclear policy with the vast majority of Trident’s procurement costs already sunk, let alone in renouncing possession of nuclear weapons altogether. This was reflected in Labour’s 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) that said ‘while large nuclear arsenals and risks of proliferation remain, our minimum deterrent remains a necessary element of our security’.1 Debate would, however, be had on whether the UK should remain a nuclear weapon state once the current system reached the end of its planned service life and it was sparked by the 2003 Defence White Paper Delivering Security in a Changing World. The paper announced that ‘Decisions on whether to replace Trident are not needed this Parliament but are likely to be required in the next one.]
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[The Labour Party has a traumatic history when it comes to nuclear weapons, a theme explored further in Chapter 5. When it was returned to power in 1997 the Blair leadership saw little domestic political payoff in radical changes to UK nuclear policy with the vast majority of Trident’s procurement costs already sunk, let alone in renouncing possession of nuclear weapons altogether. This was reflected in Labour’s 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) that said ‘while large nuclear arsenals and risks of proliferation remain, our minimum deterrent remains a necessary element of our security’.1 Debate would, however, be had on whether the UK should remain a nuclear weapon state once the current system reached the end of its planned service life and it was sparked by the 2003 Defence White Paper Delivering Security in a Changing World. The paper announced that ‘Decisions on whether to replace Trident are not needed this Parliament but are likely to be required in the next one.]
Published: Nov 3, 2015
Keywords: Nuclear Weapon; Nuclear Disarmament; Main Gate; Nuclear Deterrent; Nuclear Weapon State
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