Yes...

...but will it play Crysis on max settings

@SkippyBing

Actually, they don't know that the nukes will still go boom. And they aren't allowed to test them. So they run simulations to see how they should perform now that they are X years old.

How embarassing...

Lets face it, come the sad day they should ever be needed, we wouldn't want our buckets of instant sunshine mounted atop Trident to fly a few thousand miles, spoof its way through any defense systems and arrive on its target only to go pop when the detonators go off, rather than obliterate the poor sods underneath it.

Much like flying manned bombers in there and dropping leaflets; if you've gone that far, finish the job properly.

Given Britains association with the history of the computer...

it is very sad that some British entity is unable to supply the computing wherewithal for this program.

Such a sad commentary on Britain's slide into production banality.

Perhaps those «atom-bom boffins worldwide»

could instead devote themselves to dismantling those weapons of mass destruction, so that the species might stand a sporting chance of making it through the next few decades ? When done, that would, of course, force them to seek a slightly different line of work, but people with that level of education and competence should be able to find gainful employment....

Henri