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Good question. It’s my understanding that at least some of the UK nukes are kept at a US naval base on their east coast. IIRC, they’re basically a shared stockpile and random numbers are drawn to assign X missile to either country. Would the US want to keep British subs at sea armed with Trident, to the point of ponying up some cash? Given that they’re each other’s closest military ally, I’d expect so.
Edit- but again, like everything big countries invest in, those dollars would come with even more strings.
Adhiero
Would the UK remain a nuclear power once Scottish Indy happens? Out of the G7, losing our permanent security council seat, and with our financial services revenue being enjoyed in Frankfurt and Amsterdam we might be rather easier to manage as an EU satellite state.