Cdr Jeff Tall and Iain Ballantyne talk about Royal Navy nuclear submarines during the Cold War

BBC Radio Solent interview with Iain Ballantyne

Iain Ballantyne was asked to contribute to ‘BBC World Service – The History Hour’, broadcast on 25th January 2014. The topic in question was the 60th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine (USS Nautilus) being launched. Max Pearson and Iain discussed, among other things, the submarine construction rivalry between East and West during the Cold War and the lifestyle of British submariners as they patrolled the ocean deep.

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