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De Independent bericht:
'Britain needs Trident as it cannot rely on US, says Blair
Tony Blair has argued that Britain needs to buy a new generation of nuclear weapons because it might not be able to rely on the United States to protect it if it were attacked. The Prime Minister, who flies to Washington tomorrow to discuss an exit strategy from Iraq with George Bush, surprised MPs by suggesting Britain could not take America's support for granted as he announced the Government was backing a submarine-based "son of Trident" system.
"Our co-operation with America is very close. But close as it is, the independent nature of the British deterrent is an additional insurance against circumstances where we are threatened but America is not," said Mr Blair. "These circumstances are also highly unlikely but I am unwilling to say they are non-existent."
Critics claim the British deterrent is not independent because Trident's D5 missiles are made in America. While new submarines will almost certainly be built in Britain, the UK and America will work jointly on a new missile. Mr Blair insisted the submarines, missiles, warheads and command chain would be entirely under British control.
The Prime Minister said it would be "unwise and dangerous" in an uncertain world for Britain to surrender its "ultimate insurance". He said there was a new and potentially hazardous threat from countries such as North Korea and Iran which were developing nuclear weapons and that rogue states would sponsor nuclear terrorism. Although the British deterrent would not deter terrorists, he admitted, it might have an impact on governments connected to them.'
Lees verder: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2040163.ece
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