Whilst the recent esoteric debate within the NR and other publications, on the case or otherwise, for strategic nuclear deterrence has been informative, it is essentially self-obsessed. Like it or not, Continuous At Sea Deterrence (CASD) is currently the democratically chosen British Defence policy and it is for our SSBN crews to deliver, whatever government is in power. Therefore, what are the real threats to the UK’s nuclear deterrent? There has been little, if any, debate about the ‘three elephants in the room’: whether CASD can be sustained over the next decade until the Dreadnoughts becom…
