Trident: Does the Nuclear Deterrent Work?
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Logic of Nuclear Deterrents
The trident system has been routinely referred to as the ultimate insurance, the guarantee of protection of the british state. So long as adversarial states retain nuclear weapons that can be targeted at the united kingdom its allies threaten what the government of the day considers to be the country's vital national interests,. then the uk. Must have a nuclear capability with which it can an credible retaliation in the event of a of an enemy considering a nuclear attack against the u. Kit's allies for its interests. The traditional threat has always been the et union and then russia, and remain so to day - but there are other threats on the horizon.
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