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The idea is the prime minister writes them out four times because there is one letter that goes in the safe of each submarine as it goes on patrol."

The Iranians might decide that the only way to prevent future military attacks on its territory is not only to reconstitute the programme, but to push toward weaponisation,” said Darya Dolzikova, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a UK think tank.

What we really stress in the findings is the fact that it’s a certain make or model today, but if that gets engineered out [with technological advances to counter theft], or the demand shifts, it will be another tomorrow.”