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Strategic Defence Review

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1997–2025Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1997

George Islay MacNeill Robertson1997

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Robertson begins a Strategic Defence Review that includes the future posture of Britain's nuclear forces

1998

Anthony Charles Lynton BlairJuly 1998

London · Government / Labour Party Government

The Strategic Defence Review confirms that Trident will remain Britain's minimum nuclear deterrent

George Islay MacNeill RobertsonJuly 1998

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Robertson presents defence policy confirming a reduced but continuing Trident nuclear force

2025

Keir Starmer2 June 2025

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Starmer accepts a defence review focused on readiness, technology and European security.

Names involved

Anthony Charles Lynton BlairGeorge Islay MacNeill RobertsonKeir Starmer

Provenance

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