The UK’s CASD is a top secret organisation ready to defend the country since 1969
The UK has a top secret organisation which is a part of a team defending this country.
According to the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Nuclear Organisation, there are a set of nuclear deterrents which exist to defend the UK which includes one crucial “undetected” service.
The CASD, Continuous At Sea Deterrent, is defined as a policy of maintaining at least one nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine patrolling the seas “undetected at all times”.
UK government information explains: “Since 1969, the deterrent has been delivered by the Royal Navy, with at least one nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine patrolling the seas undetected at all times.
“Their purpose is to preserve peace, prevent coercion, and deter aggression.”
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It adds: “The UK’s nuclear deterrent works every hour of every day to guarantee our safety and that of our NATO Allies, with our adversaries knowing that any benefit they may gain from attacking us will be outweighed by the consequences for them.
“Since the mid-1990s, 4 Vanguard Class submarines have maintained the deterrent, and a new class of submarine – the Dreadnought class will enter service in the early 2030s.”
The submarine is said to only carry the ‘minimum amount of destructive power’ that is ‘needed to guarantee our deterrent remains credible and effective against the full range of state nuclear threats,’ the Express reported.
It added: “We are deliberately ambiguous about precisely when, how, and at what scale we would use our weapons.
“This ensures the deterrent’s effectiveness is not undermined and complicates the calculations of a potential aggressor.”
And there is only one person in the UK with the authority to permit its use – the Prime Minister.
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Sir Keir Starmer would be the only person who can agree to the use of the nuclear weapons, even if they were “deployed as part of a NATO response.”
The Ministry of Defence continued: “The UK’s nuclear deterrent is operationally independent. Only the Prime Minister can authorise the use of our nuclear weapons even if deployed as part of a NATO response.
“We would consider using our nuclear weapons only in extreme circumstances of self-defence, including the defence of our NATO allies.”
