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NATO Nuclear Arms

Great Britain · Warfare / Nuclear. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1954

Hastings Lionel Ismay Ismay, 1st17 December 1954

Warfare / Nuclear

The North Atlantic Council approves MC 48 which states that NATO would have to use atomic weapons from the outset of a war with the Soviet Union whether or not the Soviets chose to use them first

Names involved

Hastings Lionel Ismay Ismay, 1st

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