Anne Shand - Telegraph Anne Shand remained with the MoD until 1973, when, tired of commuting daily from Chippenham, she took a naval appointment in Bath, where her valuable experience in operational research and knowledge of ballistic missiles qualified her for a job in the Polaris Group. There she was involved with the analysis that led to the development of the Chevaline warhead and the eventual move to the Trident system. In 1983, while the women at Greenham Common were protesting against nuclear weapons, Anne Shand followed her own moral compass back to the world of nuclear deterrence in Whitehall, taking up a post at senior principal scientific officer level to analyse the targeting, delivery accuracy, defence penetration and weapons effects of the Polaris and Trident missiles being used by the Navy. She returned to Bath in 1988 to work on the joint US/UK programme of Trident before retiring in 1991, when she was awarded the Imperial Service Order. During a long career as an expert in operational analysis in the MoD, she retained her sense of humour in what was very much a male-dominated working environment. Colleagues were in little doubt, however, that she would have reached considerably higher rank had she been born 30 years later. In 2006 a weedkiller canister exploded as she was preparing to open her garden under the National Gardens Scheme. A fire broke out, her house was destroyed and she lost most of her possessions. Anne Shand showed great fortitude in coping with this adversity, and much energy in the rebuilding. She even insisted, three days after the fire, on opening her garden as originally planned; visitors filed past the still smouldering remains of her home. Anne Shand married, in 1966, Capt Colin Shand, RN, inheriting four stepchildren. He died in 1992. Anne Shand, born February 24 1934, died December 15 2012