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Facing Down the Soviet Union

Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1976-1983
By:Kristan Stoddart
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137440310
eText ISBN:9781137440334
Edition:0
Copyright:2014
Format:Reflowable

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Facing Down the Soviet Union reveals for the first time the historic deliberations regarding the Chevaline upgrade to Britain's Polaris force, the decisions to procure the Trident C-4 and then D-5 system from the Americans in 1980 and 1982. It also details the decision to base Ground Launched Cruise Missiles in the UK in 1983.