Facing Down the Soviet Union reveals for the first time the historic deliberations regarding the Chevaline upgrade to Britain’s Polaris force, the decisions to procure the Trident C-4 and then D-5 system from the Americans in 1980 and 1982. It also details the decision to base Ground Launched Cruise Missiles in the UK in 1983.
Mục lục
1. The British Labour Government and the Development of Chevaline, 1976-1979 2. The Callaghan Government and Polaris Replacement 1976-1979: The Duff-Mason Report 3. Britain, the US and NATO LRTNF Modernisation, 1976-1979 4. ‘Gone Bananas’ – The Conservative Government and Chevaline, 1979-1983 5. Mrs Thatcher and the Trident C-4 Decision 6. Follow-on Negotiations for Trident C-4 7. Mrs Thatcher, MISC 7 and the Trident II D-5 Decision 8. Creating the ‘Seamless Robe of Deterrence’: Great Britain’s Role in NATO’s INF Debate Conclusion
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Kristan Stoddart is a Lecturer in Cyber Security at the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK. He is the author of four books and has spoken nationally and internationally on the subject of nuclear weapons and other security issues. He is also Deputy Director of the Centre for Intelligence and International Security Studies.
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