The Challenges of Commanding a Submarine

Andrew Corbett, author of Supreme Emergency: How Britain Lives With the Bomb, joins the show to talk about what it’s like commanding one of Her Majesty’s deadliest weapons, how deterrence policy actually works, and why Britain has the Bomb.

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• 01:45 Introduction

• 02:12 Why Join The Royal Navy?

• 03:31 What’s In A Name?

• 05:31 Day To Day Life 

• 10:33 Disorienting Conditions 

• 12:35 The Fighting Sub

• 16:58 The Sound Of Silence 

• 21:50 The Nuclear Triad

• 24:12 Developments Under The Sea

• 26:05 The British And The Bomb

• 30:12 Command By Sub-Committee

• 32:23 Extreme Secrecy 

• 37:35 Morality In Nuclear Weapons 

• 45:04 Why Should The UK Have Nukes

• 50:07 Who Shouldn’t Have Nukes 

• 54:46 Extended Deterrence