Order för kärnvapenattack i Mays handskrivna brev
I dag tar Theresa May över som premiärminister i Storbritannien under pompa och ståt i London. Bland ceremonierna finns ett besök hos drottning Elizabeth.
Under dagen kommer May även att formulera fyra handskrivna brev, eller ”letters of last resort” som de kallas. De ska innehålla instruktioner till befälhavarna på de fyra kärnvapenbestyckade ubåtarna i den brittiska flottan i händelse av en kärnvapenattack mot landet, skriver Washington Post.
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Letter of last resort
Wikipedia (en)
The letters of last resort are four identically-worded handwritten letters from the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to the commanding officers of the four British ballistic missile submarines. They contain orders on what action to take in the event that an enemy nuclear strike has destroyed the British government and has killed or otherwise incapacitated both the Prime Minister and the "second person" (normally a high-ranking member of the Cabinet) whom the Prime Minister has designated to make a decision on how to act in the event of the Prime Minister's death. In the event that the orders were to be carried out, the action taken could be the last official act of Her Majesty's Government.
The letters are stored inside two safes in the control room of each submarine. The letters are destroyed unopened after a Prime Minister leaves office, so their content remains known to only them.
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