Explosion in britain, our own weapons are on high alert. Theres always one out there, at 15 minutes notice to fire. Somewhere out there . Somewhere out there. And american nukes could soon be back on british soil. If we get trump in there next time and he may press the button because hes got a bigger button than putin, then we are a target. Putin hasntjust challenged america, but all European Countries in nato, protected under the us nuclear umbrella. Russians have made direct threats to use Nuclear Weapons against britain, one of the founding members of nato. Thats put the uks Nuclear Readiness on alert. Britains Nuclear Deterrent is housed in the west of scotland. Since the height of the cold war, naval base clyde, on the banks of gare loch, has been at the heart of the uks nuclear policy. Here he is. Feargal dalton is a retired lieutenant commander, who served on Hms Victorious as chief weapons engineer. Hello. Morning, jane. Nice to meet you, feargal. And you. What a lovely morning
This is a very dangerous time. Leaders are not acting responsibly. I want to find out whats brought us from oppenheimers invention to this point. Now i am become death, the destroyer of worlds. Nuclear weapons, nuclear terrorism, nuclear proliferation. Right now, itsjust going in the wrong direction. Translation im ordering the Strategic Nuclear forces on special alert. Explosion. In britain, our own weapons are on high alert. Theres always one out at 15 minutes notice to fire. Somewhere out there . Somewhere out there. And american nukes could soon be back on british soil. If we get trump in there next time, and he may press the button, because hes got a bigger button than putin, then we are a target. On computer this is one unseasonably bleak scene which has profoundly moved many people during 1982. Well, heres the greenham peace camp. A0 years ago now. Their peaceful protest against the siting of Cruise Missiles here is into its second winter. When i was a young reporter in the 80s