So massive, 12 credits probably isn't enough. - Creator, 1985
Posted on 10/22/2023 8:22:42 AM PDT by libh8er
A weapon capable of massive destructive power …. fired out from beneath the surface of the ocean off the coast of California, when the Navy’s USS Louisiana ballistic missile submarine launched an unarmed, nuclear-capable Trident II D5LE.
While the weapon was of course unarmed, the firing was the latest readiness test of the Pentagon’s undersea leg of the nuclear trial in support of strategic nuclear deterrence. The concept is as simple as it is paradoxical in a way, ensuring massive retaliatory destruction for any nation-state which launches a nuclear attack on the United States.
Peace through power and the promise of complete annihilation may seem contradictory, yet the idea is the conceptual foundation of nuclear-deterrence in the modern age. Therefore, US Navy Strategic System Program makes a regular point to ensure readiness and operational effectiveness of its undersea nuclear weapons capability .. to remind potential adversaries that any nuclear attack upon the US will result in their complete destruction.
Nuclear armed submarines quietly and secretly patrol the deep, dark corners of the ocean from strategic leverage points in position to attack and destroy major targets with nuclear weapons if necessary. The USS Louisiana fired its “test-missile” at the Western Test Range off the coast of San Diego, California Sept. 27.
"The sea-based leg makes up the majority - approximately 70 percent - of the U.S.'s deployed strategic nuclear deterrent Triad. The SLBM is the most survivable leg of the triad, provides a persistent presence, and allows for flexible concepts of operations," a Navy essay on the test-firing writes.
(Excerpt) Read more at warriormaven.com ...
If one missile is a massive exercise — what would two be?
War is coming.
Which means Civil War will come here.
“4,000 nautical miles and carry multiple independently targeted reentry bodies...”
Nice
Super massive!
Now we’re talking. Beat that Putin.
Absolutely, the enemy is here among us, thanks to Obama, and his stooge biden. And don't forget ALL the damn fool demoncrats. (spit)
Yet we have only 14 ballistic missile submarines on duty today. When I served back during the Cold War we had 41. (”41 For Freedom”)
Trident is “the nuclear missile that Harrods would sell you”
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So massive, 12 credits probably isn't enough. - Creator, 1985
Bigly massive
Are you certain?
While I worked in this business we did not talk about the performance or the count. In fact for a time we downloaded warheads and missiles to meet treaty requirements. Even allowed inspections. But now I would think we have a different strategy. Full loadsEtc.
I believe the fire power of one submarine could erase several nations.
Also here our anti-missile systems are being readied.
If we use this power it means we well have lost a world.
I hope this does not become a reality.
KC
I read somewhere that commie stooge Xiden is testing nukes in Nevada again.
The men (and WOMEN) behind the curtain need to keep the war machine going to keep funding their coffers.
Thanks for posting this reality re # of subs and multi nuclear tipped/warhead missiles.
“Multiple missile launches , with Merv ,multiple warheads, is the reason for these subs existence, and live firing training shots is now required training.
No big deal. Now doing a public declaration of said shot is a signal.
Hopefully it was not just unarmed, but the warheads were replaced by dummy warheads.
Unless we really did send several nuclear weapons to the bottom of the ocean somewhere?
All of this, of course, dependent on whether the sub crew will, in fact, launch if called on...
What if the call comes during the Saturday sex festival or during the Wednesday drag-show festivities...
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