Very interesting - and timely from a personal perspective. Just in the final throes of editing a paper for Air & Space Power Review on the UK deterrent, albeit V-Force. Without wishing to spoil the surprise, at the time, the targeting policy leading to the Moscow Criteria was little short of arbitrary and the V-Force’s ability to prosecute it, hopeful at best given a number of factors. (Did I mention I like writing slightly provocative articles for ASPR!)
I’ll be interested in reading Sir Humphrey’s thoughts on the RN’s efforts over the next few days.