Facing Down the Soviet Union reveals for the first time the historic deliberations regarding the Chevaline upgrade to Britain's Polaris force, the decisions to procure the Trident C-4 and then D-5 system from the Americans in 1980 and 1982. It also details the decision to base Ground Launched Cruise Missiles in the UK in 1983.
| ISBN: | 9781137440334 |
| Publication date: | 16th October 2014 |
| Author: | Stoddart, Kristan |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Ebook |