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The Next British Deterrent
Britain's independent nuclear deterrent Polaris missiles launched from Submarlneswill be worn out in ten years - the time it will take to construct a replacement. So decision-time for future British H-bomb missiles is now.
Should we buy new, American
Trident submarine-launched missiles? Or the precision Cruise missiles the Americans will be placing in Britain anyway? Or can an impoverished Britain afford to be a nuclear power at all?
Tom Mangold looks at the choices, political factors and the cost, and asks: does Britain need to be - indeed, can it truly ever be - an independent nuclear power? Editor ROGER BOLTON
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Tom Mangold
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Roger Bolton
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Peter Brookes
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