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Old 17th Feb 2015, 06:35
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There is an implicit assumption that dual-capable means you get a second mission cheap. An SSBN is dual-capable as were the Tornados and V-force before that.

What is conveniently forgotten is "nuclear withhold". That part of the force held back as part of a nuclear deterrent is essentially not dual role, like an SSBN in fact.

As said earlier, that held back force becomes part of the use-it or lose-it argument, an argument more likely wit h an aircraft based deterrent.
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