List of Abbreviations
AWE Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston,
Berkshire
BASIC British American Security Information
Council
CASD Continuous-at-Sea Deterrent cycle
CND Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
DML Devonport Management Ltd
HMS Her Majesty's Ship
ICJ International Court of Justice
IISS International Institute of Strategic
Studies
MoD Ministry of Defence
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty
QC Queen's Counsel
RUSI Royal United Services Institute
SDR Strategic Defence Review
SLBM Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
SLEP Service Life Extension Programme
SSN Sub-Surface Nuclear (Nuclear-powered, conventionally-armed
attack submarine)
SSBN Sub-Surface Ballistic Nuclear (Nuclear-powered,
ballistic missile submarine)
VSEL Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd
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