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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
I thought it was common knowledge that the missiles themselves are leased from the United States?
Given the navigation system on the missiles is entirely self-contained and programmed locally, not remotely, and we produce the warheads including their self-contained inertial guidance system at Aldermaston what kind of dependence did you have in mind beyond that the US supply us the launch vehicles?
Were they to withdraw their co-operation we would produce our own, however as it stands I know of no evidence to suggest that we cannot independently target and launch SLBMs.
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Common knowledge amongst anyone who could be bothered to look, I'd bet the vast, vast majority thought our independent deterrent was entirely British though. In one or two ways it is entirely British, in that we cozy up to the world's only super power and do things on the cheap, what could go wrong with that policy