By the Editor: The gauntlet was thrown down by a former FOSM in the last edition of the Review (NR107/2); “If you don’t agree, say so!” So there follows three articles that beg to differ and one decidedly in the advocate camp. Following the ‘Perisher’ axiom “Don’t get sold on your own solution”, the author proffers a three-part response explaining why, as a former Polaris SSBN XO, SSK & SSN CO and ‘Teacher’, that belatedly he could no longer shy away from questioning the whole policy of nuclear deterrence, while applauding the outstanding performance of the Submarine Service in discharging…
