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- Date: 2026-05-03 22:02:15
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Wikipedia Overview
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, and stored sealed and unread on board each submarine. Born out of Britain's unique vulnerability to the effects of nuclear attack due to being a small country with a highly concentrated population, the letters contain orders on what action to take if an enemy nuclear strike has both destroyed the British government and has also killed or otherwise incapacitated both the prime minister and their designated "second person" of responsibility, typically a high-ranking member of the Cabinet such as the deputy prime minister or the first secretary of state. If the orders are carried out, the action taken could be the last official act of His Majesty's Government.
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‘Letters of last resort’: deciding response to a nuclear attack among first of Starmer’s tasks - The Guardian
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Trident: What are the letters of last resort? - BBC
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The Letters of Last Resort - Mental Floss
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Letters Of Last Resort Are Post Apocalyptic Orders For UK Vanguard Sub Crews - The War Zone
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The mysterious instructions to Britain's Trident-armed subs in case of nuclear apocalypse - Forces News
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Letters of Last Resort: What Happens When the UK Enters Nuclear War? - War History Online
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Every new British prime minister pens a handwritten ‘letter of last resort’ outlining nuclear retaliation - The Washington Post
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Now Keir Starmer Has to Decide If He’d Use Nukes - The Atlantic
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Letters of last resort - Liz Truss faces secret nuclear war decision every UK Prime Minister takes alone - Wales Online
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Letters of last resort: PM’s early task to write to UK’s nuclear sub commanders - The Guardian
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Margaret Thatcher and the Joint Intelligence Committee - GOV.UK blogs
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The secret choice Starmer has already made to save the UK from nuclear war - Metro.co.uk
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Students’ original play enters Drama Festival - trinity-school.org
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'Letter Of Last Resort' Will Be One Of Boris Johnson's First Tasks As PM - Forces News
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Trinity 6th-form playwrights explore the nuclear option in Oxted - Inside Croydon
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Letters of last resort - the secret nuclear war decision every UK Prime Minister makes alone - Wales Online
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Boris Johnson's First PM Task Is To Decide What To Do If Britain Is Obliterated By A Nuclear Strike - lbc.co.uk
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Russia threat: PM has ‘letters of last resort’ prepared in event of nuclear attack on UK - Daily Express
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Is there a nuclear trigger button? Trident missiles, Letters of Last Resort and more - The Mirror
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