Re: The World has suddenly got more dangerous.
Originally Posted by
swimfeeders
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Hi
Nope, we already manufacture our own warheads, we are very good at it.
Attach them to cruise missiles and free-fall bombs and we have our deterrent.
I agree. However, free-fall bombs are out. The days of bombers venturing into enemy airspace have been shown to be too risky. Whether high level or low level, ground to air missiles and interceptor aircraft have become very effective indeed.
Cruise missiles (like Tomahawk) are a better bet, but even then we are reliant on American products.
Ballistic missiles are still the best option, and have been very difficult or even impossible to stop, even way back in the days of German V2s, and those fired from submarines have the distinct advantage of being untraceable at least until launch.
I believe, and have said so before, that we should be able to design and create our own ballistic missiles for warhead delivery. We did it before in the 1960s (I think) though, admittedly, these were land based and relatively short ranged.
If we have the technology to develop our own nuclear warheads (currently installed in Trident missiles), I'm sure we can develop our own missiles. We even have access to the Trident missiles and, whilst we are not allowed the launch codes, it wouldn't be an enormous step to 'copy' them! The Russians were very good indeed at copying our Western technologies a few decades ago.
Yes, they will cost a lot more than buying American missiles but, if the Americans are not willing to allow us to control ours that we have bought from them, we should do something about it.