Global Insider: U.K. Defense Cuts Sharpen Tradeoff Between Conventional and Nuclear Capabilities
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Global Insider
This month, the U.K. published its international defense strategy amid cuts in the U.K. defense budget and debate over the role of the U.K.’s nuclear deterrent, known as the Trident system. In an email interview, Malcolm Chalmers, research director and director of U.K. defense policy studies at Royal United Services Institute, explained U.K. defense priorities in the context of shrinking budgets.
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