What if America turned off Britain's weapons?

Re:What if America turned off Britain's weapons? by physicsguy on Friday March 07, 2025 @01:47PM (#43292968)

There's only one country that's given up nuclear weapons, and that was due to racism. Even if Britain was no longer given the missiles, can you really see the country not developing an alternative delivery mechanism?

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Re:What if America turned off Britain's weapons? by dikkechill on Friday March 07, 2025 @02:06PM (#43293198)

With 'only one country', I assume you refer to South Africa. Are you aware that the ANC itself approved of nuclear disarmament?

If you look at the Budapest Memorandum, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine also voluntarily gave up their nuclear arsenals by becoming a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in exchange for security guarantees.

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Re:What if America turned off Britain's weapons? by darksaints on Friday March 07, 2025 @01:50PM (#43292997)

Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons, and the last 12 years are a testament to how bad of a mistake that was.

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