I’m amazed to see that the strategic defence review doesn’t include the most strategic defence system Britain has. Namely Trident nuclear weapons.

Apparently if we’re going to keep a nuclear deterrent we need to start planning for this replacement now. I feel attracted to the machismo of a bold strong nuclear submarine fleet prowling the worlds seas. But lets face it Britain is no longer a global political or economic superpower. The few dependencies we have around the world we starve of funds and don’t allow their residents British citizenship.

If we have to have a nuclear deterrent then I would have thought it much cheaper to deploy as land-based missiles or via planes.

So it’s good news that the Trident replacement costs have been manuevred into the defence budget. When regular based defence systems such as fighter aircraft, aircraft carriers, armoured vehicles are likely to be cancelled as a consequence of a rolls Royce nuclear deterrent I suspect some common sense rather than machismo will take place.