Rearmament 1936 programme

Britain s rearmament programme was designed to cover a period down to April 1942, it was not unreasonable for Air Staff offensive and defensive strategy to take account of the potential threat of German heavy bombers. 

A review of the rearmament programme was begun in December, with an emphasis on reducing demand on the metal-using industries in... 

Progress of rearmament programme meetings between the Minister of Defence and service ministers , DEFE 7/669, passim, Programme report for 1952 note by Air Ministry , PDP/P (53) 3, 7 Feb. 1953, DEFE 7/670, TNA. 

Given the overloading of industry, there was a need to establish priorities in the existing rearmament programme to speed up deliveries... 

Concern about CBW is not new, but it has become more acute in recent years. This concern has evoked a number of responses proposals and programmes for more modem weapons and defences, political signalling within NATO, as well as between NATO and the Warsaw Pact diplomatic moves towards a ban on chemical weapons and to get international condemnation of alleged use of CB weapons public support for and opposition to rearmament. Not all of these responses have been clear in their intention not all have been logical. Some have been driven by the need to placate pressure groups both within and outside the military establishments. Some have been aimed at meeting political rather than military objectives. 

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