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  Trident Replacement
  
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  The majority voted to pass the motion
  
  :This House supports the Government's decisions, as set out in the [http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/CorporatePublications/PolicyStrategyandPlanning/DefenceWhitePaper2006Cm6994.htm White Paper The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent (Cm 6994)], to take the steps necessary to maintain the UK's minimum strategic nuclear deterrent beyond the life of the existing system and to take further steps towards meeting the UK's disarmament responsibilities under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty#Second_pillar:_disarmament Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty].
  
  This was widely seen as authorization for the development of a new generation of submarines and launch vehicles for the deployment of ballistic nuclear weapons against targets unknown.
  
  
  
  
  
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