Article in the Plymouth Herald 1st April 2020. See https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/ex-royal-navy-commanders-question-4011611 They say spending billions deploying and modernising the nuclear Continuous At Sea Deterrent is ‘completely unacceptable’ when UK faces COVID-19 threats Three former Royal Navy Commanders are among those calling…
Rob Edwards Ferret article of 10th Feb 2020
Trident commanders ‘not legally responsible’ for nuclear attack Trident commanders ‘not legally responsible’ for nuclear attack Rob Edwards Trident submarine commanders unleashing a nuclear attack cannot be held responsible under law for their actions, according to the Ministry of Defence’s…
Reply from the MoD to Commander Forsyth on 13th February 2020
Dear Commander Forsyth, Thank you for your most recent letter, dated 9 January 2020, regarding comments made by Rear Admiral John Gower (Rtd) in relation to the legal standing of a submarine commander given the order to fire a Trident…
Letter to the MoD from Commander R Forsyth RN (Ret’d) 9th January 2020
9 January 2020 Dear Director General In correspondence with your Directorate between November 2017 and December 2018, I sought to establish how a Trident SSBN Commanding Officer (CO) on receipt of a fire order could be confident that he is…
RobertForsyth responds to Admiral Gower’s assertion that UK Trident will only be used as a ‘Last Resort’
A Response to Admiral Gower’s assertion that UK Trident will only be used as a ‘Last Resort’ and that the Military are not involved in a decision to carry out an attack. I am a former Royal Navy (RN) submarine…
PACAC Oral Evidence 26 March 2019.
Witnesses were General Sir Richard Barrons, Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, and Admiral Rt. Hon. The Lord West of Spithead. Oral evidence 26march 2019