Fact check: will renewing Trident cost £100 billion?

Simon J Smith

Fact check: will renewing Trident cost £100 billion?

Simon J Smith

Politics, Languages & International Studies

Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

Abstract

In total, renewing Trident will cost around £100 billion, at 2012 prices, over the next 35 years … It will take up almost a tenth of the UK’s annual defence budget – and around a quarter of the capital budget for the period from 2018 to 2030.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 19 Mar 2015

Access to Document

https://theconversation.com/fact-check-will-renewing-trident-cost-100-billion-39002Licence: CC BY-ND

Cite this

@misc{86d38017c6794837b086983a7287dbac,

title = "Fact check: will renewing Trident cost £100 billion?",

abstract = "In total, renewing Trident will cost around £100 billion, at 2012 prices, over the next 35 years … It will take up almost a tenth of the UK{\textquoteright}s annual defence budget – and around a quarter of the capital budget for the period from 2018 to 2030.",

author = "Smith, \{Simon J\}",

year = "2015",

month = mar,

day = "19",

language = "English",

journal = "The Conversation",

}

TY - GEN

T1 - Fact check

T2 - will renewing Trident cost £100 billion?

AU - Smith, Simon J

PY - 2015/3/19

Y1 - 2015/3/19

N2 - In total, renewing Trident will cost around £100 billion, at 2012 prices, over the next 35 years … It will take up almost a tenth of the UK’s annual defence budget – and around a quarter of the capital budget for the period from 2018 to 2030.

AB - In total, renewing Trident will cost around £100 billion, at 2012 prices, over the next 35 years … It will take up almost a tenth of the UK’s annual defence budget – and around a quarter of the capital budget for the period from 2018 to 2030.

UR - https://theconversation.com/fact-check-will-renewing-trident-cost-100-billion-39002

M3 - Article

JO - The Conversation

JF - The Conversation

ER -

Fact check: will renewing Trident cost £100 billion?

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this