"EUA controla as armas nucleares do Reino Unido".
Major General Patrick Cordingley who commanded the 7th Armoured Brigade or Desert Rats in the first Gulf War. He says that he will never press the nuclear button. In the video below, former British army commander, Major General Patrick Cordingley, rubbishes claims that Britain’s nuclear arsenal is “independent”, arguing that the US controls all British nuclear operations. He slapped down politicians who claim that the British nuclear deterrent is independent. “They would have to say that. It is simply not true, the control over firing these things would be the American president. We could simply not press the button and fire one ourselves, we just can’t do it, I promise you.”