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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Non-Nuclear Trident Missiles

Worst idea ever. Do we expect an enemy to wait for one of these missiles to land to find out if the warhead is nuclear or non-nuclear?

And, more troublingly, these nuclear missile subs represent the "dead hand" response of the Mutual Assured Destruction US nuclear preemption strategy. Part of their preventative value is that potential enemies are unable to locate them meaning that destroying the US's nuclear response capability is virtually impossible, thus nullifying the value of an enemy's first strike.

And, we're going to reveal the location of these most critical defense assets to launch the equivalent of a cruise missile strike? Worst idea ever.

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