What if America turned off Britain's weapons?

British Royal Navy Vanguard Class Submarine (via A3NAE4/ Alamy) Amid growing jumpiness over Donald Trump’s re-alignment with Russia, a vulnerability that has long troubled many in UK military circles is taking centre stage: Britain’s ultimate wartime deterrent - the Trident nuclear programme - is built on the assumption that Washington has its back. Could there be a scenario in which the US refused to give Britain the missiles it requires for Trident? “Anyone who suggested this a year ago would have been dismissed as an idiot. Now it is a scenario that we need to plan for,” said defence analyst, Nicholas Drummond, today. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine's ambassador to the UK, accused Washington today of “destroying the established world order”, following its moves to suspend aid and intelligence sharing with Kyiv and vote with the likes of Russia, Iran and North Korea - against all of its longstanding allies - at the UN, in opposition to a resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukra ... Read full article.