Talk:Trident (UK nuclear programme)

message: Hans M. Kristensen from the Nuclear Information Project argues that the warheads might share US-made components.
https://fas.org/blogs/security/2006/12/britains_next_nuclear_era/
Thanks
Sammartinlai (talk) 10:00, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sure of it. The article already says: Some non-nuclear components for the British nuclear warhead are procured from the US for reasons of cost effectiveness.  Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:45, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Hawkeye7 Sammartinlai (talk) 05:30, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  British or US made warheads 

message: May have useful information for the SSBN part.
https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/The-Defence-Nuclear-Enterprise-a-landscape-review.pdf
Sammartinlai (talk) 12:04, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for that!  Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:34, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  NAO's latest report 

message: This is cute, but it seems to be a media invention. See . And Submarine_Command_System#SMCS-NG_as_first_deployment_of_%22Windows_for_Warships%22. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:37, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: There is more on this discussion at WP:ERRORS.  — Amakuru (talk) 09:02, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Which are archived in seconds :) Here's the discussion before it was blanked:  --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:46, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: It is not cute or a media invention. See for example https://www.baesystems.com/en/product/submarine-command-system-next-generation Sammartinlai (talk) 06:53, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Windows for Submarines? 

message: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/767326/2018_Nuclear_Deterrent_Update_to_Parliament.pdf
If useful.
BlueD954 (talk) 16:00, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for that.  Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:14, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  2018 update to parliament 

message: https://warontherocks.com/2020/10/will-america-help-britain-build-a-new-nuclear-warhead/
BlueD954 (talk) 07:46, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relevant article 

message: I removed some text from the Warhead section.
The citation given says the opposite of the claim that most of the costs were incurred in the US while the other citation does not cite the claim instead making some dubious logic to claim much of the nuclear material is US in origin. NAO report says warheads cost was 269m pounds in US and 625m pounds in UK so easily falsifiable. If you want you could include other non-warhead costs, but this is the warhead section, so we should stick to warhead cost.
The other source doesn't demonstrate SNM was purchased from the US, it just says some was purchased from British Nuclear Fuels and then goes therefore the rest must come from the US which is nonsense logic. BNF make enriched uranium and are likely the origin of secondary components while the UK already had Pu239 for the primary stage. The UK has a stockpile of several tonnes and needs less than 5kg per weapon, they did not need to purchase it from anyone. 
Also I see someone made a mess of the warhead section after I cleaned it up. Thank you to the people who fixed it up afterwards! Kylesenior (talk) 08:14, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nuclear material origin and US costs