At last Trident is on its way out. After 19 years of service, the Vanguard class nuclear-powered submarines that carry the 58 Trident II missiles designed to deliver more than 180 thermonuclear warheads are ready for retirement.
PN’s Gabriel Carlyle reports on the sometimes shambolic, always peaceful and often heroic resistance to the tree-felling in Combe Haven for the Hastings-Bexhill Link Road, and the lessons learned.