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Did you know UK submarine captains receive a letter from incoming Prime Ministers, instructing them on what to do if ever the United Kingdom was wiped out by a nuclear attack?
The contents are secret!
Should the Captains retaliate and launch some 40 nuclear missiles at the enemy long after the Government in London is annihilated?
That fact, is just one of the areas covered in this weeks incredible podcast interview with the former British Rear Admiral in charge of nuclear, chemical and biological policy, John Gower.
On Friday Russian President Putin again threatened the west with nuclear war, saying Russia might change its nuclear doctrine to a first strike policy. In fact many say Russia already has that doctrine in place.
Rear Adm Gower tells Back Story, the U.S. should never have hinted at a conventional response to a Russian use of a nuclear device in Ukraine.
Rather, it should always be clear to the Kremlin any use of a nuclear device can bring about a nuclear response that will destroy Russia.
In fact says Gower, that is what is likely if Russia deployed a nuclear bomb in Ukraine, that the U.S. would hit back with a nuclear strike, and that the escalation would be uncontrollable.
Join us in this deep conversation on nuclear policy, and the unthinkable - nuclear war.
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