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Analysis: Mind the Gap: Strategic Risk in the UK’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Capability
4 Feb 2011 by Dr Lee WillettFootage 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.
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News: RUSI in the News - October 2010
1 Nov 2010 Citations of RUSI experts, analysis and events in the global media from October 2010
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Analysis: Trident procrastination weakens Britain's deterrent
17 Sep 2010 by Dr Lee WillettThe coalition is understandably hesitant about committing to the cost of replacement – but it does affect our deterrent credibility
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Analysis: Can we afford to renew Trident?
30 Jul 2010 by Professor Malcolm ChalmersThe 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.
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News: Like for like renewal of Trident will come at expense of conventional forces
28 Jul 2010 by Professor Malcolm ChalmersThe 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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Analysis: Debating the Deterrent: Why the Cruise Missile Option Does Not Add Up
27 Jul 2010 by Dr Lee WillettWith defence spending under scrutiny, the spotlight has long since shone on Britain’s nuclear deterrent. But while the costs of replacing Trident are high, the difficulties of creating a new system may be a price we simply cannot afford to pay.
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RUSI Journal: Between Trident and Tristars? On Future War and its Requirements
23 Jun 2010 The British military presses ahead with expensive projects that may be of relatively little value in future wars. The UK needs to carefully consider what is needed in-theatre today, and on the battlefield tomorrow
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News: A Progressive Nuclear Policy
6 May 2010 Britain’s ‘continuous-at-sea nuclear deployment’ – known as CASD – could be downgraded to ‘reduced readiness’ extending the life span of Trident nuclear submarines and reducing overall costs according to an article in the latest Journal of the Royal United Services Institute.
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RUSI Journal: The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent
30 Apr 2010 Does successful British defence need to maintain a continuous deterrent? A US perspective argues yes
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RUSI Journal: A Progressive Nuclear Policy: Rethinking Continuous-at-Sea Deterrence
30 Apr 2010 A shifting international environment has rendered continuous British nuclear deterrent obsolete. Instead, the UK now has the opportunity to lead the way in diminishing its nuclear force (Free Download)
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