Trident

‘Become a suicide bomber!’: Trident whistleblower says artist’s spoof Navy ads are accurate

Spoof Royal Navy recruitment posters, which claim sailors on board Britain’s nuclear submarines are effectively suicide bombers, have won the approval of Trident safety and security whistleblower William McNeilly.
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‘Become a suicide bomber!’: Trident whistleblower says artist’s spoof Navy ads are accurate

RT | February 3, 2017 Spoof Royal Navy recruitment posters, which claim sailors on board Britain’s nuclear submarines are effectively suicide bombers, have won the approval of Trident safety and security whistleblower William McNeilly. The posters point out that if a Trident submarine actually launched its nuclear missiles it would very likely be destroyed in […]

Trident nuclear missiles have history of failure, US documents show

RT | January 30, 2017 Newly-released US documents show Trident nuclear missiles have a track record of failure. The revelations come weeks after it emerged a British test-fired missile malfunctioned in June 2016 and veered off course towards the US coast. Documents seen by the Sunday Times reportedly show the Trident system has long been […]

Trident whistleblower tells RT he ‘witnessed 4 unreported missile test failures’

RT | January 24, 2017 Royal Navy whistleblower William McNeilly leaked details about a number of serious test fire issues aboard Britain’s Trident nuclear submarine fleet a whole year before the June 2016 misfire that sent a missile careening towards the US. McNeilly published a dossier highlighting a range of safety and security failures aboard Trident […]

Theresa May must explain Trident malfunction ‘cover up,’ say opponents

RT | January 23, 2017 Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP) say Prime Minister Theresa May must explain why Parliament was not told about a failed Trident missile test before a crucial vote on whether to renew Britain’s aging nuclear weapons program. Downing Street confirmed on Monday morning that May knew about the malfunction […]

Trident nuke renewal plan blown out of the water by government’s own watchdog

RT | August 8, 2016 Britain’s new multibillion-pound Trident nuclear submarine fleet may be in jeopardy after the government’s own watchdog warned the project faces “major risks.” The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) has cast doubt on the Trident renewal plan. The deterrent is expected to vastly exceed its budget and face technical and managerial […]

The truth about Trident: the shocking fact that would turn us all against paying for nukes

As parliament debates the renewal of Trident, the UK’s “nuclear deterrent” – the arguments surrounding the controversial weapons system rage as fiercely as ever. But there’s one aspect which has been repeatedly overlooked. UK banks not only finance our nuclear deterrent, but also our supposed “enemy” Russia’s as well, and senior politicians enjoy a direct financial profit through keeping Trident. The name […]

UK Column – June 9, 2016 – Brexit Fear Porn, Gitmo Alumni, UN Corrupted by Saudis

21st Century Wire says…
Anchor Mike Robinson is joined by guest co-presenter Patrick Henningsen to discuss today’s key stories – UK Brexit fear porn and reports of “voter registration glitches”, and MI6 battles the CPS over the rendition of Libyan double agent Abdel Hakim Belhaj, Ban Ki-Moon collapsing the UN under an avalanche of corruption, and how the US owns and operates the ‘British’ nuclear Trident deterrent – and much more…