There were four options given in the Wikipedia article, which are: 1. retaliate with nuclear weapons; 2. not retaliate; 3. use his or her own judgement; or

There were four options given in the Wikipedia article, which are: 1. retaliate with nuclear weapons; 2. not retaliate; 3. use his or her own judgement; or 4. place the submarine under an allied country's command, if possible. The documentary mentions Australia and the United States. To me, it seems like the order that I would give those options in would be 4,3,2,1. This is because the most sensible option would be to listen to your country's allies (as they are likely to have Britain's best interests in mind). The second best option is to trust the crew, as the situation that resulted in an entire governmental destruction probably wouldn't respond well to any blanket statements like 1 and 2. Option 2 makes the next amount of sense because defaulting to no nuclear weapons is generally a smart policy. What do you believe should be the correct order?