British fighter jets to carry nuclear bombs
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/review-fighter-jets-nuclear-weapons-x9vldt0sv
Posted by Dependent-Loss-4080
British fighter jets to carry nuclear bombs
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/review-fighter-jets-nuclear-weapons-x9vldt0sv
Posted by Dependent-Loss-4080
18 Comments
Thought the F-35 was already certified to carry B61s?
We want to diversify our nuclear deterrent, but *still* be reliant on the Americans? Do they watch the news?
Insane we’d buy American products when they are acting like they are. We might be using them on them.
Excellent. Nothing quite like breaching the terms of NNPT to demonstrate your resolve to strive for peace.
There are NO circumstances under which nuclear weapons can be used which complies with IHL/LOAC.
Why would any nation that is peaceable decide to increase its capacity to launch unlawful WMD?
If true, this government is as morally bankrupt as the last.
I’m glad we’re returning to a two-pronged deterrent as we used to have before the WE.177s were retired in the 90s, but the thought of buying _American_ in the current circumstances is absurd! 😳
I hope we get enough As to make the Bs navy-only, it’s pretty embarrassing to have to share them.
The thing that always sticks in my mind is….
Do we not think the RAF can already deliver nuclear strikes?
The official secrets act is there for a reason. Who really knows what power we have.
There’s a reason a small island off the coast of Europe isn’t a colony of somewhere.
Nice, only the third leg of the triad will be missing then
Get rid of the lot, it’s a stupid game with no winner. There’s better places to spend our money
“capable of carrying” is not the same as “to carry”. The Times is shit as usual.
So we’re going back to the 60’s/70’s then? When we had Vulcans, Victors, & Buccaneers.
This is genuinely good stuff. I’d prefer we developed our own air dropped nuclear capability, but that would probably require us to overhaul typhoon or similar.
Headline: British fighter jets to carry nuclear bombs
Story: Britain **wants to purchase** fighter jets **capable of firing** tactical nuclear weapons
Has headline writing got even more egregious recently or is it just me
spending all our money pretending to be a serious international force instead of fixing our domestic problems, what a vain embarrassing country
This is a good move. We’ve had more trident launch test failures than the military would like in recent years so a secondary delivery method is a welcome one.
Can anyone explain why carrying a nuclear weapon on a plane that might crash by accident is a good idea? Has to be more unsafe than subs or ships right?
How delightfully reassuring. So glad our taxes go on the ability to start the apocalypse.
I would prefer that our fighter planes concentrated on engaging other aircraft and left the delivery of ordnance to those who specialise in it.
However the Sunday Times is edited by utter buffoons, so it should be expected they’ll completely fuck up a simple press release.