Sentences with phrase «nuclear submarines because»
On Wednesday, a Labour aide said the party no longer had a policy in favour of renewing Trident nuclear submarines because it is under review.
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Therefore, the US can nuke an SLBM launch platform (i.e., an enemy nuclear submarine carrying missiles) without it being a weapon of mass destruction because it's used against a military target.
... and because our independent nuclear deterrent is our ultimate insurance policy — this Government will order four new trident submarines.
He argues that because the technological gap between advanced conventional boats and nuclear boats is slowly but surely closing (another unsubstantiated statement), with the former costing half as much, then the days of the nuclear submarine are numbered and it will be allowed to wither on the military vine.
It's just plain prohibitively expensive and absent constant source of cooling water like submarines and ships at sea have, as well as a cost - is - no - object because there are no real options for a diesel navy to compete with a nuclear navy, there is simply no economically or technologically justifiable way for nuclear to significantly expand in the commercial market.