" We will not comment on speculation about the integrated review, which will be published on Tuesday.”
The subject matter (of the new warheads) relates to the 40s
- unfortunately the lead time is about 20 years
... taking the calculator out
The project plan and the critical path both look quite different, depending on whether the US is also working on it (they have the Triad) or we go it alone (we only have the Trident... which is an unfortunate misnomer as it is actually the missile. And the decision , for the 40s onward, is: with what to fill the tubes on the boats).
- a different missile?
- with a different warhead?
Ever-lasting truths: Multi-year budgets/ planning by necessity have to address the painful questions; more often than not the Either-Or prevails over Both-And.
If everyone is thinking the same, then someone is not thinking (attributed to Patton)