Commentary
Mind the Gap: Strategic Risk in the UK’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Capability
Footage of JCBs turning Nimrods to scrap metal reflects the drastic nature of recent cuts in the defence budget, but seemingly straightforward changes can have far-reaching implications for UK defence policy.
 Trident procrastination weakens Britain's deterrent
The coalition is understandably hesitant about committing to the cost of replacement – but it does affect our deterrent credibility.
 Debating the Deterrent: Why the Cruise Missile Option Does Not Add Up
With defence spending under scrutiny, the spotlight has long since shone on Britain’s nuclear deterrent.
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Professor Malcolm Chalmers
Research Director / Director, UK Defence Policy Studies
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Like for like renewal of Trident will come at expense of conventional forces
The UK's current commitment to maintain a nuclear-armed missile submarine on deterrent patrol at all times (Continuous At-Sea Deterrence, or 'CASD'), is driven as much by institutional and political momentum as by strategic necessity, and plans to order a new generation of submarines after 2015 now threatens to be at the expense of further reduction in conventional forces according to a new report from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
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Can we afford to renew Trident?

The Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced that funding for the renewal of Britain's nuclear deterrent must come from the Ministry of Defence's core budget. RUSI's Malcolm Chalmers assesses the ramifications of this announcement.

See also:

RUSI Briefing Note:
Continuous At-Sea Deterrence (CASD): Costs and Alternatives

Future Defence Review Working Papers 



Further Analysis: Defence Policy, Maritime Forces, Agenda for the New Government, Defence Management, UK, Europe, Trident, Defence Review, Trident

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