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022 _a1750-9432
100 1 _aCODNER Michael
245 _aThe United Kingdom's independent strategic nuclear deterrent :
_bobservations on the 2006 White Paper and issues for the parliamentary debate /
_cMichael Codnor, Gavin Ireland, and Lee Willett
260 _aLondon :
_bRUSI,
_c2007
300 _avii, 17 p.
520 _aProvides 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.
650 _aBRITAIN
_xNUCLEAR DETERRENT
650 _aBRITAIN
_xNUCLEAR WEAPONS
700 _aIRELAND Gavin
700 _aWILLETT Lee
440 _aWhitehall report.
_n1-07
945 _i25889-1001
_rY
_sY
999 _c11464
_d11464