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soryang

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2. If one detects an SLBM headed toward home, how does one know the size of the warheads?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 01:17 AM

Jan 2020

This article reveals how convoluted the rationalization for another "nuclear option," really is.

Let's give our FBM fleet a "tactical nuclear option." War planners against states like Iran and North Korea will love this.

I guess this isn't enough:

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Deployment of new US nuclear warhead on submarine a dangerous step, critics say [View all] Eugene Jan 2020 OP

Perhaps the thinking of using nuclear weapons in regular wartime events is a little outdated? ... SWBTATTReg Jan 2020 #1

If one detects an SLBM headed toward home, how does one know the size of the warheads? soryang Jan 2020 #2