John Nott on defence cuts and introduction of Trident nuclear deterrent
- Title
- John Nott on defence cuts and introduction of Trident nuclear deterrent
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- May 1981
- Year of production
- 1981
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- Duration
- 00:02:57
- Description
- Defence Secretary, John Nott on the government cuts which will result in the closure of Chatham Dockyard and the reduction of capacity at Portsmouth. He says there will be an increase in defence spending and the Trident submarine missile system is needed to maintain peace with the USSR. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- John Nott
- Keywords
- Politics; Government; Cost reduction; Conservative Party; Portsmouth; Defence; Nuclear weapons; Gibraltar; Submarines; Navy; Dockyards; Redundancies; Chatham
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