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The UK & France are the only European countries in NATO that have their own deterrent.

The UK's is based on the "loaning" of US Polaris then Trident SLBM's based on UK built SSBN's with a UK front end.

The French designed their own system (although covert help may have been given by the US), again mostly based on French built SSBM's.

What if Holland, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Belgium all decided that they too wanted their own deterrent. Possibly a fleet of around 6 boats each.

How would they go about this?, Off the top of my head, I'm thinking they'd go with the French system based on their own built SSBM's.

Would this be allowed, especially by the US and how would this play out in the politics of the Cold War?. Would the USSR give it's own WARPAC members their own deterrent?

Cheers filers
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