Much of the UK expertise had been run down by the start of Chevaline with sections of MOD Establishments and Industry thoroughly disillusioned by previous project cancellations. The need to ensure that the Improved Front End could be satisfactorily integrated with an existing service missile was a massive constraint, but with the cooperative assistance of SSPO it was achieved. Under the aegis of this unique project innovations in scientific concepts, in physics, in materials science and in engineering were developed in MOD Establishments and in industry. The ingenuity and dedication of staff on both sides of the Atlantic enabled the objective of meeting the UK deterrent requirements.
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