Exactly. There's the "Deny" bit, i.e. reducing the warheads (and especially the cores) to uselessness via the disablement systems or recovering them if they're successfully taken.One other thought - the Civik Nuclear Constabulary lanyards say "Deter, Defend, Deny, Recover" - you've all been thinking about the "Defend" bit, but it's only part of the problem for any attacker.
Bloody difficult. I'd suggest employing professionals, which of course has it's own risks.The "Deter" bit is also an intelligence matter - how easy do you think it would be to assemble a trained jihadi infantry company/battalion complete with heavy weapons in the middle of Glasgow without detection? Because as soon as it is detected that convoy is going somewhere else or not travelling at all until the threat is neutralised.
And how could they have been identified as a Jihadi without resorting to racial profiling?
Because they'd have guns and be trying to steal the warhead instead of, you know, protest about it.
You sure about that?
Depending in how big the protests are, a couple jihadis with nail bombs in backpacks/suicide vests under coats could slip into the protests almost unnoticed. Especially seeing how one dumb protestor managed to get on top of a nuclear transport vehicle without getting himself shot. They certainly couldn't steal the nukes, but they could kill or maim a bunch of protestors, maybe a couple soldiers, and cause a massive panic like no other the UK has experienced since 7/7.
Imagine that: the BBC headlines screaming "NUCLEAR CONVOY ATTACKED IN GLASGOW: 10 DEAD". There would be a huuuuuuge panic, at the very least. It wouldn't matter how close they actually came, or that there would have been no chance of one of the nukes going off; all people would think is "holy shit, terrorists nearly blew up nukes in Glasgow!" Politicians of all stripes would be screaming for heads to roll.