Learning to love the bomb: The command and control of British nuclear forces, 1953–1964

Autor:	Stephen Robert Twigge, Len Scott
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	Prime minister Government Sociology and Political Science Mission Command Law Political science Political Science and International Relations Ballistic missile Command and control Strategic studies Nuclear force Single Integrated Operational Plan
Zdroj:	Journal of Strategic Studies. 22:29-53
ISSN:	1743-937X 0140-2390
DOI:	10.1080/01402399908437743
Popis:	The command and control of nuclear forces has emerged as an important concern in strategic studies. Yet the study of British command and control has been sparse. This article provides the first archive‐based outline of the development of command and control of British nuclear forces in the period 1945–64. It examines the British response to the emerging Soviet ballistic missile threat: by appointing a designated deputy Prime Minister with the authority to launch Britain's nuclear forces; by establishing an alternate government headquarters outside London for authorising nuclear retaliation; and by delegating nuclear authority to the military. This article documents for the first time how nuclear release authority was delegated to Bomber Command, in the event of a Soviet nuclear attack and the destruction of Britain's political leadership.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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