Ms Truss was quizzed by host John Pienaar about the daunting decision she could face.
Mr Pienaar told her: "One of the first things that will happen when and if you become Prime Minister, you’ll be ushered into a room, a very private room at Number 10, and there will be laid out in front of you what are called the letters of last resort. Your orders to our Trident boat captain on whether you, Prime Minister Liz Truss, is giving the order to unleash nuclear weapons. It would mean global annihilation. I won’t ask you if you would press the button, you’ll say yes, but faced with that task I would feel physically sick. He then asked: “How does that thought make you feel?”
Ms Truss responded: “I think it’s an important duty of the Prime Minister and I’m ready to do that.” She then reiterated: “I’m ready to do that.”
Can we all sleep easier in our beds, knowing that an airhead has her finger on the Armageddon button …
Irrespective of which political party she belongs to, it is a damning indictment of the UK that she is the best we can come up with to run our country.
What else could she say? Remember when Harold Wilson announced that the RAF would not be attacking Rhodesia when Ian Smith declared Independence? Big mistake and probably what Argentina remembered when they invaded the Falklands.
Britain won’t be unleashing nuclear annihilation unless the USA says it’s OK
Sorry about veering off topic Omah, but does anyone know about the legalities of firing missiles/rockets which traverse other countries’ airspace without their permission? Just curious.
Airspace ends at 62 miles high (the Karman line). Above that is outer space. ICBMs travel at well above 750 miles for most of their flight so no permission is needed.
Satellites broadcasting TV signals are located about 22,240 miles (35,800 kilometers) above sea level in geostationary Earth orbits (GEO).
Mid-Earth orbit (MEO) is one in which a satellite completes a single revolution every 12 hours. MEO satellites orbit at altitudes around 12,700 miles (20,400 km). Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites populate this region.
Satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO) have altitudes lower than 3,650 miles (5,900 km) above sea level. These satellites move quickly, taking less than 4 hours to complete an orbit. Well-known objects in LEO include the Hubble Space Telescope (altitude 380 miles [610 km]) and the International Space Station, which orbits 245 miles (400 km) up.
Thank god that people didn’t vote this dinosaur into power.
Jeremy Corbyn would instruct the UK’s defence chiefs never to use the Trident nuclear weapons system if he became prime minister in 2020, the new Labour leader has confirmed.
