What do you think Britain should do when Trident reaches the end of its useful life?

Fieldwork dates: 29 April 2013 - 31 August 2016
Data from: Scotland
Results from: 3 polls

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Results for: What do you think Britain should do when Trident reaches the end of its useful life?
Fieldwork end date Pollster	31 August 2016 Poll by YouGov	9 March 2016 Poll by YouGov	2 May 2013 Poll by Lord Ashcroft Polls
Britain should replace Trident with an equally powerful nuclear missile system	28%	28%	24%
Britain should retain a nuclear missile system, but it should be less powerful and cost less than replacing Trident	31%	32%	36%
Britain should give up nuclear weapons completely	41%	40%	40%

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Britain should replace Trident with an equally powerful nuclear missile system
Britain should retain a nuclear missile system, but it should be less powerful and cost less than replacing Trident
Britain should give up nuclear weapons completely

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Britain should replace Trident with an equally powerful nuclear missile system
Britain should retain a nuclear missile system, but it should be less powerful and cost less than replacing Trident
Britain should give up nuclear weapons completely

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Britain should replace Trident with an equally powerful nuclear missile system
Britain should retain a nuclear missile system, but it should be less powerful and cost less than replacing Trident
Britain should give up nuclear weapons completely

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Britain's current system of submarine launched nuclear weapons, known as Trident, is coming to the end of its useful life and will soon have to be scrapped or replaced. What do you think Britain should do when Trident reaches the end of its useful life?

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