I doubt seriously France and Great Britain need nuclear capacity. A power sharing agreement within the EU regarding a nuclear scale back would be a remarkable landmark for nuclear non-proliferation.
France and Great Britain will never be enemies of each other. The entire concept is bizarre to entertain, so if the rest of the world needs an example of nuclear disarmament, then be sure it is ceremonial.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012, 9:05 AM
LONDON — There were reports (click here) on Thursday of stirrings within the British
military about the need to scale back the country’s nuclear deterrent in order
to spend the money on confronting more conventional threats.
It is part of a continuing debate
in Britain and France — Europe’s two nuclear weapons powers — about the cost to
their overburdened budgets of maintaining nuclear independence.
In the post-Cold War world, does
it make sense to have nuclear capacities that were designed to deter the Soviet
Union?
From a diplomatic viewpoint,
nuclear weapons are seen as money well spent, allowing both countries to punch
above their weight in the international arena. However, economic factors mean
the two countries would now like to keep the weapons but cut costs in a process
that has been described as “deterrent lite.”...
