Michael Heseltine1983
Takes ministerial responsibility for defence policy during the Trident procurement programme.
Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Takes ministerial responsibility for defence policy during the Trident procurement programme.
Addresses Commons questions concerning the Trident programme.
Defends Trident as the planned successor to Polaris in Britain's strategic nuclear deterrent.
George Younger becomes Defence Secretary and continues procurement of the Trident system
Tom King assumes ministerial responsibility for defence as the Trident submarine programme advances
Malcolm Rifkind becomes Defence Secretary during the final stages of Trident deployment planning
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