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This week, from 2016: The Trident debate is not simply about submarines and missiles. It touches almost every anxiety about the identity of the United Kingdom, and could tell us what kind of country – or countries – we will become. By Ian Jack

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Defence Secretary visit to Faslane<br>Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant (front right), one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, with Astute-class submarines HMS Artful (back left) and HMS Astute (back 2nd left) at HM Naval Base Clyde, also known as Faslane, ahead of a visit by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday January 20, 2016. See PA story DEFENCE Trident. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
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