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Thu 09 Sep 2009Brown considers cutting Trident submarine fleet
THE BRITISH government is considering cutting the number of warheads in its nuclear arsenal, a much more significant move than the plan to reduce the number of new Trident submarines, officials said yesterday.
As Gordon Brown suggested that the existing four-boat Trident-missile carrying fleet could be replaced by just three, there is widespread speculation in Whitehall that the government will offer to cut the number of nuclear warheads before the nonproliferation treaty review conference in May next year. A decision could be taken shortly before a general election expected at that time.
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