Continuous At-Sea Deterrence:
Costs and Alternatives
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: 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 RUSI.
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