TY - BOOK AU - CODNER Michael AU - IRELAND Gavin AU - WILLETT Lee TI - The United Kingdom's independent strategic nuclear deterrent: observations on the 2006 White Paper and issues for the parliamentary debate SN - 1750-9432 PY - 2007/// CY - London PB - RUSI KW - BRITAIN KW - NUCLEAR DETERRENT KW - NUCLEAR WEAPONS N2 - Provides background information considered relevant to the government's deliberations about the future of UK's nuclear deterrent. Finds that a submarine based system is the only viable option, that such a deterrent does not breach Britain's NPT obligations, that conflict between major states remains a strategic concern for the future and deterrence remains a policy instrument ER -