Why we must keep Trident

I NOTE with interest your lead article today (“Sturgeon: Ukraine war will not stop us ditching Trident”, The Herald, May 2).

The fact that placing an American burger chain in Moscow does not result in the transference of civilised western human values is now indisputable. The additional fact that post-second World War Russia did not enjoy the economic boom and growth which the United States generally experienced is even more obvious.

The reported scale of murders, rapes and atrocities I have read coming from Ukrainian sources, however, cannot be explained by any rational thinking and reveals to the West that Russia has not changed. Most people are aware of what Russia’s capture of Berlin was really like. They seem to be re-enacting those events in some kind of national psychosis.

Sadly, the First Minister seems to have lost touch with reality if she thinks that an independent Scotland without a nuclear deterrent would still be safe from Russian aggression. Not only must we, on this island, keep Trident, but I suggest we must now start re-investing in conventional weapons, as we can no longer pretend we can predict the actions of leaders in the east.

Bill Brown, Milngavie.