Trident: What it means for the UK and why it’s an issue now

‘Trident has its roots in the “Polaris” system that began in the 1960s. The system was the UK’s contribution to NATO’s Cold War “nuclear deterrent” strategy against the Soviet Union. Under Polaris, at least one submarine with nuclear capabilities was on patrol at all times, ready to launch a counter-strike should Britain come under nuclear attack.

The policy has continued through the decades, with a submarine constantly patrolling the UK’s borders since 1969. According to UK government documents from 1980, “Since 1969, there has never been a moment when our Polaris force did not have at least one submarine on patrol, effectively invulnerable to pre-emptive attack and at high readiness to launch its missiles if required.”

“We need to convince Soviet leaders that even if they thought that at some critical point as a conflict developed the US would hold back, the British force could still inflict a blow so destructive that the penalty for aggression would have proved too high.”’

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