Tag: Trident



The UK has voted to renew its nuclear deterrent. On July 18, British lawmakers approved replacing the country’s fleet, which consists of four Royal Navy submarines armed with Trident missiles in service since the 1990s…

“Some fell to the ground and their stomachs already expanded full, burst and organs fell out. Others had skin falling off them and others still were carrying limbs. And one in particular was carrying their eyeballs in their hand.”

US President Barack Obama could offer Russia to extend the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) treaty for five years beyond 2021. He wants to make sure the next US administration does not interrupt the further reduction of nuclear weapons deployment…

By the time the 43rd G-7 summit convenes from May 26-27 next year in Taormina, Sicily, German chancellor Angela Merkel will be joined by at least one female colleague, British Prime Minister Theresa May, described as «Margaret Thatcher on steroids», and quite possibly a third, the war hawk Hillary Clinton representing the United States. Sicily may not be able to withstand the presence of two highly-volatile threats on the island, the unpredictable Mount Etna, along with the three «Maidens of War» – Merkel, May, and Clinton…