British Trident ICBM Test Launch Misfires Near US - Reminder This Is Serious Dangerous Business
In a moment where we have a seriously inexperienced new President, a raft of agency heads leaving, replacements uncertain at best-Lets remember the stakes of being a nuclear superpower.
A serious malfunction in Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons deterrent was covered up by Downing Street just weeks before the crucial House of Commons vote on the future of the missile system.
The Sunday Times can reveal that a Trident II D5 missile — which can kill millions when armed with nuclear warheads — experienced an alarming failure after being launched from a British submarine off the coast of Florida in June last year.