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| 1. Author: Buspasspar Date: Wed 21st Feb 2024. 09:11 £17 million for a damp squib anyone ?? HMS Vanguard looks a bit worse for wear as well :- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68355395 We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 2. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Wed 21st Feb 2024. 10:20 If there was a danger of it going off course I`m surprised that they even fired it!🤔😲💥 Reply |
| 3. Author: wee eck Date: Wed 21st Feb 2024. 10:47 Quote - `A defence source close to the Mr Shapps insisted the Trident "could absolutely fire in a real world situation" if it needed to. "The issue that occurred during the test was specific to the event and would not have occurred during a live armed fire," the source said.` What exactly does that mean? If they know it `could absolutely fire in a real world situation` why bother with a test? Reply |
| 4. Author: DBP Date: Wed 21st Feb 2024. 11:01 But forget the £2 billion per year for trident, what about the Reply |
| 5. Author: d3monstrate Date: Wed 21st Feb 2024. 13:40 If it was anyone else outside the Tory party saying it was just an anomaly, I`d be inclined to believe them... But especially cause its Shapps saying it, I`m even more doubtful that it works as it should... Reply |
| 6. Author: wee eck Date: Wed 21st Feb 2024. 16:05 Maybe the issue that was `specific to the event` was that they asked Shapps to press the button and he f***ed up! Reply |
| 7. Author: Buspasspar Date: Wed 21st Feb 2024. 20:08 Well he has everything else he has been involved in wee eck We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |