A Greenpeace investigation into the full costs of replacing Trident reveals that successive Tory and Labour governments have consistently under-estimated the final bill.
The government’s figures for replacing Trident in the 2006 Defence White Paper, is £15bn–£20bn at 2006–07 prices (roughly £16bn–£21bn today). However, a report by Greenpeace says that key factors the government has left out of the calculation will push the final cost up to £97bn over the system's 30-year life.
As Vince Cable said the report provided powerful evidence that MoD plans are totally unrealistic in the light of Britain's serious budgetary constraints.
So as well as the moral and military argument there is now the monetary argumet against Trident.
Time to get rid!
Look at the full rport at http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/files/pdfs/peace/ITFL_trident_report.pdf
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