[ownagefool]

That's a complete non-answer, which is usually done by a person with the same issue you're accusing the parent of.

Trident is a sore point for the UK for several reasons:-

> It's not an independent nuclear deterrent, we're on a US leash even if we try to sell it otherwise.

> They're based in Scotland, a country within the UK which has fairly low support for nuclear weapons, which the primary elected party are dead against having them, going as far to make it a platform for the independence vote in 2014.

> We need to buy them and pay for upkeep. Theres talk of £100bn costs to renew the things, and I believe the lions share of that goes right back to the US.

I can't tell you whether or not it was subsidised, but I doubt it was when you get down to it and the comparison you are making isn't completely apt.

[arethuza]

The prospect of getting rid of Trident is the #1 reason why I'm going to vote for independence next year.

[ownagefool]

Having politics done at the local level by people who live in and are invested in Scotland is the #1 reason I'm going to vote for independence.

Not being a viable target for nukes is just the icing on the cake.

It's a shame all polls suggest we're rather content being ignored by the status quo though.

[arethuza]

I'm actually less concerned about Scotland being targeted than having any support for weapons that I regard as fundamentally immoral.