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It is understood that a simultaneous power struggle took place within the Cryrian government between the Securitate and the General Staff. While the occurrence of any such conflict has been denied by successive governments in Leidenstad, among the end results was the cancellation of the military nuclear program. The civilian program would continue and the Verventis Power Plant would ultimately be completed, but the Cryrian government disavowed the development of nuclear weapons. The Kingdom instead moved towards a doctrine of nuclear latency for the remainder of the 20th-century.
==== Latency Period ====
While never publicly codified, Leidenstad effectively changed tacks to pursue a nuclear latency policy after 1975. This was felt to be both more politically palatable given the difficult internal situation in the aftermath of the Verventis Riots, and also better suited to Cryrian defense posture and its wider international position. Under such a doctrine, Cryria was to continue developing its civilian program and through it would remain "A screwturn" away from obtaining nuclear weapons in the event that its national security position came under a severe threat. While rarely discussed openly, it has since become apparent that the Kingdom planned for a six-month breakout period to a nuclear device in the event of a crisis. The latency doctrine fell under the mandate of the Special Materials Division, which also continued to provide protection and oversight for nuclear materials and facilities in the Kingdom.
==Major Installations==
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