Does North Korea change your view on Britain's nuclear deterrent?
Is North Korea's testing of nuclear weapons a good reason for Britain holding on to its nuclear deterrent?
The southeast asian dictatorship announced today that it had carried out its — in direct contravention of an international ban. And just before we went on-air this morning, reports suggested North Korea had .
US President Barack Obama has described the action as a "threat to international peace". The UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, said he condemned the test "in the strongest terms" and said it would "undermine prospects for peace on the Korean peninsula".
But with 64 Trident missiles stationed on the Clyde alone — and a commitment to renew these nuclear warheads — are we guilty of hypocrisy? Or does an increasing threat from "rogue" states (as US officials have called North Korea in the past) mean we should be hanging on to our military deterrents?
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By Paul Reynolds, World affairs correspondent
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