Defence - Eighth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 20 June 2006.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
The engagement of the Ministry of Defence
2 The UK's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent
Components of the UK's Strategic Nuclear
Deterrent
The platform
The missile
The warhead
Onshore infrastructure and skills base
The UK's nuclear posture
The UK's strategic nuclear arsenal 1952 to
1991
Reductions in the UK's strategic nuclear
arsenal 1991 to 1998
The 1998 Strategic Defence Review
The UK's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent in a
comparative international context
The purpose of the UK's Strategic Nuclear
Deterrent
Original purpose
Current purpose
3 The Strategic Nuclear Deterrent and the
UK's international influence
4 The independence of the UK's Strategic
Nuclear Deterrent
Potential dependencies on the United
States
Operational independence
5 Current and future threats
Future threats
6 The substance and timing of UK decisions
The nature of the decisions facing the
UK
Retention versus abolition
Service life extension
Future capability
Further investment in current capability
The timetable for decision-making
The warhead
The missile
The platform
Onshore infrastructure and skills base
7 Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
List of abbreviations
Formal minutes
List of witnesses
List of written evidence
List of unprinted written evidence
Defence Committee Reports in this Parliament
ORAL AND WRITTEN EVIDENCE
Oral Evidence - 14 March 2006
Oral Evidence - 21 March 2006
Oral Evidence - 28 March 2006
Written Evidence
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