UK think tank proposes Britain extend nuclear deterrent over EU in exchange for defence fund access
Britain should explore formally extending its nuclear deterrent over the European Union in exchange for access to European defence funding, according to a report by the Council on Geostrategy, UK Defence Journal reported. The proposal would formalise a security guarantee beyond NATO structures and link it to British participation in EU industrial programmes.
Why it matters: The logic is tidy — deterrence for euros — but it founders on the fact that no written treaty will convince Berlin or Warsaw that London's missiles cover them if Washington's umbrella folds, and Britain knows it.