UK buys Trident weapons

Title

UK buys Trident weapons

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Mar 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:04:41

Description

Paul Maurice reports on the controversial decision of the UK Government to purchase the Trident 2 nuclear weapons system from the United States, to succeed Polaris. Speakers include: US Secretary of Defense, Caspar Weinberger; UK Defence Secretary, John Nott.

Contributors

John Nott; Caspar Weinberger; Paul Maurice

Keywords

USA; Government; UK; Great Britain; Conservative Party; Arms sales; Nuclear weapons; Defence policy; Trident

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