One boat at sea at all times since 1969. The single fact that Albion Anvil cannot plan around.
Two binders. The first says Iceland can be taken in forty-eight hours. The second says the British Isles cannot be taken at all, and lists the three reasons: the deterrent, the air defence, and sixty-eight million hostile people.
British sappers cut the barrier interlocks at Gate 2 and 1,150 American airmen are interned in their own base housing. Paris activates Article 42.7. A second Vanguard leaves Faslane in the dark.
184 pages. Hunt the deterrent at 18 to 22 percent confidence. Spend 65 percent of the global standoff inventory in twelve days. Land 160,000 troops across 3,200 miles and lose a quarter of the shipping. Certainty of nuclear retaliation: 95 percent.
148 cruise missiles cross the line of departure at 04:12 GMT. Eighty-four are shot down and sixty-four get through. Newport News is torpedoed and scuttled. Both Vanguards remain undetected. Britain declares a state of war.
Four red-bordered binders went into the Situation Room this afternoon. 184 pages. Albion Anvil . The first American war plan against the British mainland since the founding of the republic. Phase I: hunt the deterrent. DIA confidence 18–22%. Phase II: suppress…