The issue of Trident and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

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The Issue of Trident & the Non Proliferation Treaty
The question of Trident hangs over us as a British collective…and will not cease to
raise its head in future endeavours we have on an international stage.
Firstly, let us address the principle of Trident. It is a simply a purely‘attacking’form
of proliferation:
“The UK Trident programme encompasses the development, procurement and
operation of the current generation of British nuclear weapons, and the means to
deliver them.”(Wikipedia)
How can we seek to hold the best form of nuclear missilery in a multilateral,
constantly altering, war-mongering world?
Let me depict a scenario:
Tailoredmissilesacrosstheworlddependentoncountryoforigin.Asortofcultural,
technical customization.
Each of these customized missiles using technology gained from abuse of this
pillar in the NPT:
“These five NWS (Nuclear Weapons States) agree not to transfer“nuclear weapons
or other nuclear explosive devices” and “not in any way to assist, encourage, or
induce” a non-nuclear weapon state (NNWS) to acquire nuclear weapons (Article
I). NNWS parties to the NPT agree not to “receive,” “manufacture” or “acquire”
nuclear weapons or to “seek or receive any assistance in the manufacture of
nuclear weapons”(Article II). NNWS parties also agree to accept safeguards by the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to verify that they are not diverting
nuclear energy from peaceful uses to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive
devices (Article III).”(Wikipedia)
So, I ask you, what prevents other countries such as North Korea, Egypt or even
Syria from acquiring, legal technology under the auspices of the Third Pillar of the
NPT and channeling it to use within their independent Nuclear Missile programs?
After all the five Nuclear Weapon States cannot TRADE WITH EACH OTHER, but
what prevents them from TRADING WITH OTHERS? Under the Third Pillar, this is
possible:
“The third pillar allows for and agrees upon the transfer of nuclear technology

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and materials to NPT signatory countries for the development of civilian nuclear
energy programs in those countries, as long as they can demonstrate that their
nuclear programs are not being used for the development of nuclear weapons.”
(Wikipedia)
What we should be asking is to see the Nuclear Trade Black Books of every
member of the Nuclear Weapon States and connecting the dots to see how far
this technology has REALLY advanced…who have the five NWS been trading with
and what customizations have they made in their own development of nuclear
technology from known, reliable sources such as the IAEA and Nuclear Suppliers
Group.
What I am trying to get at is simple. All this money spent onTrident will go to waste
in the event of Nuclear War. It’s like having a Bugatti Veyron running at 1200bhp,
the supercar of supercars, costing over £1 million, versus a Nissan GTR running
1500bhp. That cost my friend Matt only a ‘mere’ £75,000 to demolish a Veyron off
the line. (His is black and yellow). He had it remapped, turbocharged, intercooled
and gearbox double-strengthened, to achieve this.
The argument forTrident is redundant.We, once again live in a world where each of
our technologies can be beaten by another. If one country wanted to start Nuclear
War, it would firstly shut down ALL our cpabilities of using our own fleet. It would
SEEK out our weaknesses.
Therefore now I come to the‘defence’of the UK.
We are an island in a Nuclear ocean, and we need to protect oursleves. Our Nuclear
guidelines must stem from this. Our asset as an island is a unique advantage, we
must USE this to our gain.
So.
Please read on Rapier Missiles:
“RapierisaBritishsurface-to-airmissiledevelopedfortheBritishArmyandRoyalAir
Force.Enteringservicein1971,iteventuallyreplacedallotheranti-aircraftweapons
in Army service; guns for low-altitude targets, and the Thunderbird (missile),[2]
used against longer-range and higher-altitude targets. As the expected air threat
moved from medium-altitude strategic missions to low-altitude strikes, the fast
reaction time and high maneuverability of the Rapier made it more formidable
than either of these weapons, replacing most of them by 1977. It remains the UK’s
primary air-defence weapon after almost 35 years of service, and its deployment is
expected to continue until 2020.”(Wikipedia).
The Rapier missiles and similar technologies should be our focus; developing

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defence mechanisms to Nuclear War, misslies that can shoot other missiles out of
the sky. Defending our nations…and our Great British Islands.
In summary, we need not be aggressors. We need to be defenders. Defenders of
humanity.
By Vinny Munbodh
Founder of United Change