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Cuts in public spending have brought the “like-for-like” replacement of the UK’s nuclear deterrent, based on the Trident missile system in the firing line. A number of alternatives have subsequently been proposed. In theory, Franco-British cooperation would appear to be the better of the choices. In practice, however it could prove problematic. Rather than split the difference, i.e. compromise credibility for savings in cost, the case for zero should be genuinely considered.