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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-05 05:51 AM
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Blair promises new nukes
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May 02, 2005

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair has decided to equip Britain with a new generation of deterrent nuclear weapons, to replace those currently deployed on Trident submarines, The Independent reported today.

"The decision (to replace Trident) has been taken in principle very recently," a senior defence source told the daily on condition of anonymity.

A new nuclear deterrent would cost some £10 billion ($24.45 billion), the paper said.

Blair, who is currently campaigning hard for his Labour Party to win a

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"We have got to retain our nuclear deterrent. That decision is for another time," he told the BBC. "But I believe that is the right thing."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15151110%255E23109,00.html


My god, what is this world coming to, when the PM of England thinks promising his citizens new nukes will help him win re-election?






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