Futter, Andrew.

The United Kingdom and the Future of Nuclear Weapons. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (246 pages) - Weapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging Technologies Series . - Weapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging Technologies Series .

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I: British Nuclear Strategy: History and Culture -- 1 Seventy Years of British Nuclear Debates -- 2 The United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent -- 3 UK Trident Renewal -- 4 The Silence of British Nuclear Culture -- II: Trident Renewal: The Wider Context -- 5 The Heterogeneity of UK Military Views on Nuclear Weapons -- 6 The Trident Renewal Decision, the United Kingdom, and the NPT -- 7 Reflections on the Legality and Legitimacy of Trident Renewal -- 8 Surviving a Sea Change -- 9 Dangerous and Inhumane -- 10 "Bairns Not Bombs" -- III: Next Steps and Future Challenges -- 11 Sustaining Trident -- 12 Next Steps in the United Kingdom's Nuclear Warhead Programme -- 13 The Future of Political Opposition to Trident -- 14 Future UK Nuclear Deterrence Requirements -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This volume provides a study of the current UK nuclear program and related issues that reflect the complexity of the Trident weapons system and the changing nature of deterrence. Presenting the political, cultural, technical, and strategic aspects of Trident it provides a thoughtful overview of the UK's complex relationship with nuclear weapons.

9781442265745


Nuclear disarmament - Great Britain.


Electronic books.

UA647.U55 2016

355.02170941