Should Britain have nukes? (article)

[melnibonian]

In an ideal world I would say No. In the world that we live in unfortunatelly they have no option but to have nuclear weapons. Obviously they are totally useless as the UK will never use them, but they are needed to provide the fake idea of a Great Power. Against Russia or China having nuclear weapons make sence as that way you maintain some sort of ballance. But against "failed states" and all those people who would most probably use them at some point against the west they are totally useless. The reason is that even if Ossama did use nukes against us there is nothing we can actually do. It's sad and frustrating but it's the truth. In an asymmetric war (like the one we found ourselves in) weapons like these will harm us more than the "enemy".