By Jon Stohe
The overall cost (click here) of replacing Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons system would be £167bn, double previous credible estimates, according to new calculations based on official figures.
The Reuters news agency reports that a replacement would cost nearly double the proportion the defence budget as its predecessor.
The revelation comes shortly after the anti-Trident SNP swept nearly every Scottish seat at the Scottish general election and Labour elected anti-Trident leader Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Opposition....
167 billion British Pounds is nearly 256 billion US dollars. A quarter of a trillion dollars to build new nuclear power submarines.
Okay. Hold on to the 'anti-nuclear movement' for now. Hold on to that thought.
