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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl
I'll bet anything that the "un-named second" is the President of the U.S. or a U.S. D.O.D. official. At the very least, it would have to be a foreign official that is closely aligned with Britain. Britain, and what remains of her empire, simply do not have the landmass available to survive a nuclear first-strike. Even if Britain's government were to survive a nuclear attack, they would not likely have communications capabilities to issue retalitory instructions.
Of the three large countries that would act in support of Britain's interests, only one is nuclear-capable, the U.S. The U.S also has dead-man trigger devices for their virtually untargetable SSBNs.
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No countries act in support of other the interests of other countries. They support allies when their interests happen to coincide and there is a mutually beneficial arrangement.
That said, I agree with Letum. I bet if not a post held by someone on the British Isles then it's in the hands of some governor on an overseas territory like the Virgin Islands which have no strategic value and are not worth expending a missile on. They're appointed by HM the Queen so I guess they're people.