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The failed Trident test highlights an imbalance in UK defence strategy

Dr Marian Messmer Senior Research Fellow, International Security Programme
The primary function of nuclear weapons is to deter war – and specifically nuclear war – between nuclear adversaries. But the Cold War was a different environment to today’s complex security environment, in which most nuclear-armed states have more than one nuclear competitor to deter, and many non-nuclear weapons states possess significant non-nuclear military capabilities. Read article by clicking HERE
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