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Jun 29, 2023 · Ballistic missiles from U.S. submarines west of Norway start striking Russia after about 10 minutes, and Russian ones from north of Canada start hitting the U.S. a few minutes later.
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- Max Tegmark
- The Threats We Face
- NATO and International Cooperation
- The Future of The UK’s Nuclear Deterrent
- The Deterrent and The UK Economy
- The People Who Make It Possible
- A World Without Nuclear Weapons
The risk of nuclear conflict remains remote, but the threats the UK faces are increasing in scale, diversity and complexity. That is why we must be able to deter the most extreme acts of aggression against us and our NATOallies. The UK has taken a consistent and leading approach on nuclear disarmament but not all states have followed. Some are sign...
As long as nuclear weapons exist, NATO will remain a nuclear alliance. Since 1962 the UK has declared our nuclear capability to the defence of NATO. Nuclear deterrence is a critical part of NATO’s overall strategy, and the UK’s deterrent helps safeguard European and Euro-Atlantic security. NATOmembership sits at the heart of UK policy, and we are c...
The UK’s independent nuclear deterrent is relevant not only for today, and it will remain an important part of our national security strategy for as long as the global security situation makes it necessary. Parliament voted decisively in 2016 to renew our nuclear deterrent and maintain CASD. This will be achieved by replacing the existing Vanguard ...
Designing, building, maintaining and operating the UK’s independent nuclear deterrent is a national endeavour, directly supporting tens of thousands of jobs across the country. HM Naval Base Clyde is home to the UK’s submarine service, and its main responsibility is to maintain CASD, which it has delivered safely and securely since 1969 to deter th...
CASDwould not be possible without the skill and dedication of the men and women of the submarine service. They place their duty to protect the UK above all else, missing out on many things we take for granted to help keep us safe. Generations of Royal Navy submariners, their families, other Service personnel who support the deterrent, civil servant...
The UK remains committed to the ultimate goal of a world without nuclear weapons, and supports the full implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)in all its aspects. There is no credible alternative route to disarmament. The UK has a consistent and long track-record on nuclear disarmament. We possess the smallest...
2 days ago · A blaze has ripped through the BAE Systems’ nuclear submarine shipyard in Cumbria, England, a unique facility of major strategic importance where the U.K. Royal Navy’s Astute class nuclear-powered fast attack submarines and Dreadnought class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines are being built. While the cause of the fire is yet to ...
Idealization involves adding positive features; abstraction, eradicating problematic ones. Together they ensure that the ticking bomb scenario makes the decision to torture unrealistically straightforward. First, the ticking bomb idealizes by supposing: (1) That the authorities have detained the right person;
Sep 16, 2021 · Nuclear submarines are powered by a miniature onboard fission reactor. They can go for decades without refuelling, making them faster, stealthier and much more expensive than conventional...
- AJ Mitchell
Mirko Bagaric and Julie Clarke place the ticking bomb in a plane: A terrorist network has activated a large bomb on one of hundreds of commercial planes carrying over three hundred passengers that is flying somewhere in the world at any point in time. The bomb is set to explode in thirty minutes.
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This chapter analyses the ‘ticking bomb scenario’ (TBS), which is frequently used to justify torture. Topics covered include myth and fact in the TBS; the TBS and the innocent victim; the evils of torture; Shue’s 2005 paper on torture; the costs and benefits of a torture bureaucracy; and the limits of moral rationality.
