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US support to maintain UK's nuclear arsenal is in doubt
Malcolm Rifkind joins diplomats and analysts urging focus on European cooperation to replace Trident
An existing debate about the future of Trident – Britain’s ageing submarine-launched nuclear missile system – has taken a dramatic new turn in recent weeks amid fears Donald Trump could pull out of Nato. Dr Marion Messmer, a senior research fellow at Chatham House and an expert on nuclear weapons policy, said: “It would be a big risk if it wasn’t being planned for, but it’s something the UK government can’t be too public about, as it wouldn’t want to give the Trump administration or Russia any ideas.” Calvin Bailey, a Labour MP on parliament’s defence committee and a former RAF officer, said it was “difficult to conceive” of the US not wanting to maintain its relationship with the UK, stressing that this had been strengthened by the Aukus alliance between Australia, Britain and the US.
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