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Fylingdales is useless to the US because the US is no longer worried about Russian ICBMs. There's no need to rain nuclear hellfire on a country when you own its
by TheOtherHobbes 2y ago
Fylingdales is useless to the US because the US is no longer worried about Russian ICBMs. There's no need to rain nuclear hellfire on a country when you own its government.
Trump is clearly being steered towards leaving NATO altogether, so the idea that "severe reciprocal damage" is a consideration is naive.
Trump doesn't have the IQ or the rationality to operate in the best interests of the US, and his US handlers like Heritage are too busy hallucinating dollar signs to think geopolitically.
And even if none of that were true it's obvious the old WWII consensus is being - nuked.
So here we are. Without US support the UK's deterrent is a very expensive nothingburger. Presumably it still has some time before it expires - the actual time being [redacted], but no doubt known to Moscow.
I really can't see Starmer crash-starting a new independent deterrent program. And I also can't see him doing a deal with France. That would push the UK back towards the EU, and his handlers clearly don't want that.