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Episode 1.4 | The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent

Friday 17 January 2020 | 38 minutes 2 seconds

Matthew Jones draws on his official history of the UK strategic nuclear deterrent to discuss the strategic, political and diplomatic considerations that compelled UK governments, in the face of ever-increasing pressures on the defence budget, to persist in their efforts to develop nuclear weapons and to deploy a credible nuclear force.

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