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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/22/theresa-may-refuses-say-whether-aware-trident-nuclear-missile/
"Theresa May has refused to say whether she knew that a Trident missile had misfired just weeks before a Commons vote on the future of the nuclear deterrent.
The Prime Minister declined four times to answer questions about whether she was aware that the launch of an unarmed Trident II D5 missile from a British submarine off the coast of Florida in June malfunctioned."
"Theresa May has refused to say whether she knew that a Trident missile had misfired just weeks before a Commons vote on the future of the nuclear deterrent.
The Prime Minister declined four times to answer questions about whether she was aware that the launch of an unarmed Trident II D5 missile from a British submarine off the coast of Florida in June malfunctioned."
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Watched it ... Jeremy Paxman & Michael Howard moment.
She looked very uncomfortable, but the useless Marr only asked her 4 times. Gravy trainer. |
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It's a bit silly as everybody is going to assume she did.
She might as well say yes and get brownie points for being honest. |
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if she admits it then she's in trouble she'll just have to keep taking the 5th until it goes away
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Was this the new upgraded version being tested (that we spent 40 billion on) ? Accurate to within a range of 10000 miles
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only if the bloke holding it keeps his shoulder still,
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Out of interest, where did the fookin thing end up.
Has Madagascar disappeared? |
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missile headed for trump towers
automatic renewal ! |
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When missiles are being tested this happens often, always has done . It's nothing unusual and shouldn't even be news.
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Another 60 billion for the arms trade , the way to stop a nuclear war is to make more weapons , yeah that sounds right
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Shush they cant tell you if it went wrong , you are the ones they testing it for
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I live near Birmingham airport and now after this news every time a plane goes over I duck.
Is it still up there somewhere. |
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If you don't test them, you can't find the fault, it's very simple. That's something the Royal Navy do every year and will always have to fish some back out of the North Sea and bring them back for investigation.
remember many years ago seeing them launch a missile and it disappeared up into the clouds. A short time later it reappeared and was travelling back towards the ship and crashed down into the sea in what seemed only a few feet away! |
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Apparently it was intended to go in Africa direction but ended up going towards America
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If anybody believes the guff spawned out by One Nation Theresa and her gang they want their trident testing
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so what.
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FFS .... should I keep ducking
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Remember the shocked voices on board the naval ship when they saw the missile reappearing from the grey cloudy sky and heading straight towards theiit own ship which launched it. : )
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a faulty capacitor had short circuited.
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Sometimes they just sit there and just fizzle out -I am not joking.
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Sounds like a lovely way to pass the day on
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60 Billion value for your money
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It was meant to skim across and above the rough North Sea waves, adjusting its height for the swell of the sea. A very beautiful and ingenious design..when it worked
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The four new submarines each of 40 warheads , just one warhead has 8 times the capacity as the Missile that was dropped on Hiroshama
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So that is 160 nuclear warheads and 4 Submarines
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That wasn't reported either, it's not news.
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missiles know where to go or maybe ruskies hacked the system for a laugh
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The missile launch was being recorded on board the ship, when the missile reappeared heading towards the ship, and accelerating, you could see on the launch footage the camera starting to shake and a voice in a broad newcastle accent saying "no f@cking way man!! "
it's crashed into the sea as the screen footage went blank. |
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I would expect her to know. I wouldn't expect her to tell.
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She's just trying to scare Trump before meeting him next week to discuss a trade deal it's fake news.
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no longer a deterrent - it's now just bloody dangerous.
press a button and see if it'll do what it says? maybe make our own missiles? with our guiding systems. i have a rifle that fires to the left - useful for bank hostage situations? It's like they are trying to be funny, with nuclear weapons. |
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robots can be trusted... with fissionable materials. |
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can't get rid of them now. best thing is to build a defence system against them. America may already have a system.
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We could buy a defence system from the US to defend us against errant Trident missiles.
Mmmm I think I'm gonna be a defence contractor ... win-win |
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pointed sharp sticks, that is what we want.
To jab the contractors up der arss the brief was to construct a missile that hits what you aim at? we want to hit Russia? not Paris. although that could be okay too. |
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build a wall
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Not particularly dangerous.
There is almost certainly a google app tracking the sub at all times, rendering Trident harmless. |
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Reading this reminded me of The Cruise Of The USS Codfish by Bob Newhart. If you have never heard it you should give it a whirl.
Who supplies the Trident system? |
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What they aren't telling you is this missile was aimed at Russia and would instead have devastated America had it
been a real missile... |
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Apparently the missile veered off in the direction of Disneyworld.
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