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Launching a nuclear missile from beyond the grave
The British Prime Minister can still give the order to retaliate if the UK is destroyed. Historian Professor Peter Hennessy explains.
(Photo: Royal Navy personnel respond to a fire in a control room of a Vanguard Class ship simulator at Her Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde on January 20, 2016 in Rhu, Scotland. Credit: Getty Images)
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