HC Deb 10 August 1966 vol 733 c357W
Mr. Brooks

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether Great Britain's second strike nuclear retaliatory capacity is to become wholly dependent upon the Polaris submarines now under construction.

Mr. Healey

The Polaris submarines will provide, from the end of the decade, our contribution to the collectivised strategic nuclear deterrent forces of the West. No other weapon systems are being planned by the U.K. for this rôle.

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