Trident failure

I think some people are suggesting that as it malfunctioned that demonstrates that it is dated and should be renewed.

My view is that if it incorrectly or correctly hits its target, or if it is accidentally activitated, all outcomes are awful and so I am just against having it at all.

As they report their "successful" trials then presumably they should report their "unsuccessful" ones.

Welshwife, would you rather not know that billions of pounds are being spent on WMD that may not even work.

If we feel it's OK to kill millions of innocent people we should at least know our pounds are being well spent on weapons that will actually achieve their objective

There is an impression that some in the UK Government think that Trident isn't a threat to them as it's close to Scotland's biggest concentration of population, not anyone important. (Cynical, moi?)

Lord West, the former head of the Navy and a former security minister, said that it was pointless for the Government to refuse to say when the failed test took place. If he wanted to know, he could just phone Mr Putin, who would be able to tell him as the Russians monitor what our submarines are doing both from ships and from space.

Please consider joining CND/SCND to push for getting rid of these dreadful weapons.

I am surprised that no one has mentioned this 40 year old 'secret' which has just come to light today:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38744322

It all leaves us wondering how many accidents and near misses have happened where reports have been buried 'in the National Interest'. I suspect that this National Interest is not, as you might expect for the good of the people, unless the powers that be think we will worry unnecessarily about such dangers and want to save us that worry (Aye Right!). It cannot be that they do not want the Russians to know what has happened as the Russian Hierarchy will be better informed about such incidents than we are. No - the obvious conclusion is that we must be kept in the dark, lest we, as stake holders, withdraw monetary support from the whole project and collectively demand the removal of these dangerous WMD from our land and shores.

You're right Granny23 the National Interest has nothing to do with the interests of the people.