The British Parliament vote on expanding nuclear program.
This step is necessary to ensure the safety of the Kingdom, and NATO.
Members of the house of Commons of the British Parliament on 18 July to vote on the question of modernization of the deterrent force submarines equipped with nuclear ballistic missiles “Trident”.
This was at the NATO summit in Warsaw, Prime Minister David Cameron. He hopes that parliamentarians will vote for the replacement of all four submarines of class Vanguard, the components of the nuclear forces of Britain’s sea-based.
According to Cameron, the “Trident” is the most important factor of deterrence necessary to ensure the security of Britain and of the Alliance as a whole.
The opposition labour party is busy coordinating their positions on the system “Trident”. The party leader Jeremy Kobrin in favour of abandoning it.
Cameron, who in September is going to leave the post of Prime Minister and conservative leader, said that would not want to shift the solution of this problem for his successor.
“Trident” has replaced the system of “Polaris” in the 1990s. Four submarines equipped with them, is exhausted by the end of 2020.
Each boat carries 16 missiles with 48 warheads). One of the submarines is always at sea on duty, one on scheduled services, two are in port or conducting exercises.
