More Punch Per Pound?

The article focuses on nation's capacity to prepare for any sort of war against any sort of enemy. Today, the cost and destructiveness of the new weapons compel even the most powerful nations to choose between types of defense. The White Paper admits that what keeps Soviet Union military ambitions in check is mainly the American Strategic Air Command, and that Great Britain could not hope to defend herself if that deterrent failed. Unless Great Britain has an independent element of thermonuclear strength, she will lose whatever independence of action she still has.