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The British Chevaline was an 'upgrade' of Britain's Polaris missiles in light of the Soviet ABM deployment. This resulted in the missiles having less range (inside the GIUK Gap), 2 instead of 3 warheads, (greater yield) but greater chance of penetrating the ABM shield.
WI one of the other options was pursued? According to Wiki they were: