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==References== {{refbegin|20em}} * {{cite book |last1=Arnold |first1=Lorna |author-link=Lorna Arnold |last2=Pyne |first2=Katherine |author-link2=Kate Pyne |title=Britain and the H-bomb |location=Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York |publisher=Palgrave |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-230-59977-2 |oclc=753874620 }} * {{cite book |last=Baylis |first=John |year=1995 |title=Ambiguity and Deterrence: British Nuclear Strategy 1945β1964 |location=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=978-0-19-828012-5 |oclc=861979328 }} * {{cite journal |last=Baylis |first=John |title=British Nuclear Doctrine: The 'Moscow Criterion' and the Polaris Improvement Programme |journal=Contemporary British History |volume=19 |issue=1 |date=Spring 2005 |pages=53β65 |doi=10.1080/1361946042000303855|s2cid=143469175 }} * {{cite journal |last=Bronk |first=Justin |title=Britain's 'Independent' V-Bomber Force and US Nuclear Weapons, 1957β1962 |journal=Journal of Strategic Studies |issn=1743-937X |volume=37 |year=2014 |issue=6β7 |pages=974β997 |doi=10.1080/01402390.2013.770736 |s2cid=153593727 }} * {{cite book |last = Brookes |first = Andrew |title = V Force: The History of Britain's Airborne Deterrent |year = 1982 |publisher = Jane's Publishing Company Ltd. |location = London |isbn= 978-0-7106-0238-1 |oclc=765520360 }} * {{cite book |last=Brookes |first=Andrew |title=Valiant Units of the Cold War |series=Osprey Combat Aircraft |location=Oxford |publisher=Osprey Publishing |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-84908753-7 |oclc=812064291 }} * {{cite journal |last1 = Brown |first1 = N. |year = 1964 |title = Britain's Strategic Weapons I. 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A Documentary History |publisher=The Stationery Office |location=London |isbn=978-0-11-772833-2 |oclc=39225127 }} * {{cite journal |last = Young |first = Ken |title = The Royal Navy's Polaris Lobby: 1955β62 |year=2002 |journal=Journal of Strategic Studies |issn=0140-2390 |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages = 56β86 |doi=10.1080/01402390412331302775 |s2cid = 154124838 }} * {{cite journal |last = Young |first = Ken |title = The Skybolt Crisis of 1962: Mischief or Muddle? |year=2004 |journal=Journal of Strategic Studies |issn=0140-2390 |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages = 614β635 |doi=10.1080/1362369042000314538 |s2cid = 154238545 }} * {{cite journal |last=Young |first=Ken |title=US 'Atomic Capability' and the British Forward Bases in the Early Cold War |journal=Journal of Contemporary History |volume=42 |issue=1 |date=January 2007a |pages=117β136 |jstor=30036432 |doi=10.1177/0022009407071626 |s2cid=159815831 }} * {{cite journal |last = Young |first = Ken |title=A Most Special Relationship: The Origins of Anglo-American Nuclear Strike Planning |journal=Journal of Cold War Studies |date=Spring 2007b |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=5β31 |doi=10.1162/jcws.2007.9.2.5 |s2cid = 57563082 }} * {{cite book |last = Young |first = Ken |date = 2016 |title = The American Bomb in Britain: US Air Forces' Strategic Presence 1946β64 |location = Manchester |publisher = Manchester University Press |isbn = 978-0-7190-8675-5 |oclc=942707047 }} {{refend}} {{Strategic nuclear weapon systems of the United Kingdom}} {{Portal bar|Aviation|Politics|United Kingdom|Nuclear technology}} [[Category:Nuclear history of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:V bombers| ]]
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