‘Britain under the command of the United States’ - TRIDENT
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‘Britain under the command of the United States’
“Britain's fleet of nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarines could be doubled as part of a landmark deal with the US and Australia. Rishi Sunak has confirmed a multi-billion-pound deal with the two allies to help develop and build the vessels …”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11855971/UK-Australia-strike-multi-billion-pound-deal-develop-nuclear-powered-submarines.html
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Reportedly, UK prime minister Macmillan was blackmailed into having Trident.
“One of the first tasks to confront a new prime minister … is to write ‘the letter of last resort’ …
[He or she is] “asked to write to (unnamed) commanders of a Trident missile submarine on patrol in the Atlantic. The letter will tell them whether or not, after a devastating attack on Britain, [the prime minister] (by this point either dead, or uncontactable) would be willing to retaliate by firing a nuclear missile …
“The options are said to include the orders ‘Put yourself under the command of the US …’; ‘Go to Australia’; ‘Retaliate’; or ‘Use your own judgment’ …”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/12/theresa-mays-first-job-decide-on-uks-nuclear-response
“One of the first tasks to confront a new prime minister … is to write ‘the letter of last resort’ …
[He or she is] “asked to write to (unnamed) commanders of a Trident missile submarine on patrol in the Atlantic. The letter will tell them whether or not, after a devastating attack on Britain, [the prime minister] (by this point either dead, or uncontactable) would be willing to retaliate by firing a nuclear missile …
“The options are said to include the orders ‘Put yourself under the command of the US …’; ‘Go to Australia’; ‘Retaliate’; or ‘Use your own judgment’ …”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/12/theresa-mays-first-job-decide-on-uks-nuclear-response
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