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Three years ago, Boris Johnson\u2019s government announced a significant gear shift in nuclear weapons policy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trashing David Cameron\u2019s decision to reduce<\/a> the nuclear arsenal to 180 warheads, he instead unveiled an increase to 260. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At odds with the UK – and global – trend of gradual reductions for over three decades, the decision received widespread international condemnation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news was published in the government\u2019s integrated review, an extensive document<\/a> that aimed to portray a post-Brexit \u2018Global Britain\u2019 on the offensive, \u2018projecting force\u2019 globally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It made much of Britain being western Europe\u2019s most heavily armed nation, of its leadership role in NATO, and its deployment of forces worldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Britain, it claimed, was ready to deter \u2013 and defeat adversaries if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trident test failure<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is much in the document that now just seems pathetically hubristic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repeated references to the UK\u2019s \u2018credible nuclear deterrent\u2019, seem particularly delusional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, the Royal Navy failed to test fire a Trident missile, which is the only delivery system for Britain\u2019s nuclear warheads. It was the second such failure in a row. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The previous test took place in 2016. Launched from the submarine HMS Victorious<\/em>, a malfunction in the system caused the missile to spin out of control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of flying over the Atlantic, the missile flew over the US and later self-destructed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time, the missile was supposed to travel 6,000 kilometres before landing in the Atlantic between Africa and Brazil, but it failed to launch properly from the submarine HMS Vanguard<\/em> and actually crashed into the sea just yards away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defence secretary Grant Shapps, who was onboard, was keen to assert that the failure was an \u201canomaly\u201d with no implications for the reliability of the wider systems and stockpiles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seeming sillier by the minute, he went on to claim that Trident \u201cremains the most reliable weapons system in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Catalogue of failures<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Funny though this would be if it wasn\u2019t so deadly serious, the failed launch is just the tip of the iceberg of a whole catalogue of failures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delays, cost overruns and dangerous incompetence give the lie to the grandiose claims made by the British government about its vastly expensive weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a backstory to this too. The submarine that launched the missile, HMS Vanguard<\/em>, was required to undertake the test because it had just come out of a \u201cdeep maintenance period\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vanguard<\/em> was sent to the Navy\u2019s Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth in 2015 for a major refit, scheduled to take three years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, delays and malfunctions meant the refit actually lasted seven years. Costs ballooned from under \u00a3300 million to over \u00a3500 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delays included the discovery that superglue was used by workers to attach broken bolts to the submarine\u2019s nuclear reactor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently the Trident test failure won\u2019t prevent Vanguard<\/em> from returning to active service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fleet-wide issues<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Other serious concerns have emerged about the fleet of four Vanguard-class submarines that carry Britain\u2019s nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, only two of the submarines have been operational. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Vanguard<\/em> was out of action in Devonport, HMS Victorious<\/em> suffered a fire onboard in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A blaze broke out in an electrical component in one of the submarine\u2019s systems and it had to surface in the North Atlantic and return to port in Faslane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is now in dry dock at Devonport for repair and maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last November, a faulty depth gauge on one of the subs resulted in the vessel continuing to dive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It almost approached crush depth before submariners noticed the equipment had malfunctioned and corrected course, narrowly averting disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to maintain the co-called \u201ccontinuous at-sea deterrent\u201d, with one submarine out on patrol at all times, these subs \u2013 and their crews – have been forced to undergo longer and longer missions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last September, one was spotted returning to port covered in barnacles and slime after a record six month patrol. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022 it was reported that the lack of available Vanguard-class submarines meant crews were increasingly serving tours in excess of 150 days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By comparison, the average patrol on the previous generation of nuclear vessels rarely exceeded 60-70 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In addition to concerns about the state of the vessels, there have also been concerns about the impact these extended tours have on crew discipline, morale, and psychological well being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Royal Navy has already opened an investigation into claims by female submariners working on Vanguard-class subs of sexual abuse and bullying by male colleagues and senior officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not surprisingly, questions have also been raised about Babcock, the arms company responsible for running the Devonport dockyard and maintaining the Vanguard fleet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ministry of Defence data seen<\/a> by The i<\/em> newspaper last November found that \u201csuppliers tasked with providing parts and replacement equipment to the Royal Navy recently missed their targets, with the Government rating their performance as inadequate.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet in the 12 months to March 2023, Babcock made \u00a3178 million in profit from MoD contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth is, nuclear weapons are big business for a number of companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over one trillion US dollars will be spent globally over the next ten years, modernising and developing the existing nine state arsenals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s around a hundred billion a year, of which over half is spent by the US. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The companies that make the most out of nuclear weapons are Boeing, Honeywell International and Northrop Grumman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here in Britain, the companies with the most significant involvement are BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce and Serco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All these companies, together with the many banks, insurance companies, pension funds and asset managers that invest in them, have a vested interest in high nuclear weapons budgets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That money comes from the government. In other words, it comes from us \u2013 the tax payers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nuclear weapons have got to go: for all the reasons we know, nuclear war, annihilation and the end times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But also because they are a shocking, useless waste of our money, driven by vanity and stupidity. We need to spend the money on something else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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