Hi Thiel
,
"...there's only one target that warrants a nuke is the Soviet Union..." Agreed. I can't think of any other reason why the UK would want to
Nuke anybody else, except in response to a Soviet 1st Strike. But there's all the other
"nasties" in the British armoury...
Anthrax, Agent Orange, Blister Agents, Rabies, Ebola, Avian Flu, Mustard Gas, Chlorine, and all the other
Chemical and Biological Agents Britain
"didn't have" and that
"weren't" stored at Burlington or Portland Down (amongst other places?)...
And Luqa, yes, my apologies, I forgot Malta.
Not sure about Akrotiri. Things were a little dicey there around Independence and the Turkish Invasion. I'm not sure how secure that was in the 50's and 60's. Of course, things are much better now, even if some Greek Cypriots are calling for the withdrawal of British forces again, after the use of the airbase to fly bombing recon over Syria for the US.
And Time line, is from the retirement of the V Bomber Force to the present day and beyond