A batch of "low-yield" nuclear warheads W76-2 delivered to the US Navy

While the new US President Joe Biden opposes the idea of ​​arming American submarines with "low-yield" nuclear weapons, the United States has completed production of a batch of the latest low-yield nuclear warheads W76-2. This was reported by the National Nuclear Safety Administration.

The new warheads have already been donated to the US Navy to equip parts of the Trident II (D5) ICBMs in the Ohio-class nuclear-powered submarines (SSBNs). Armed with missiles with new warheads, the submarines have already entered combat duty.

The total number of transferred warheads in the batch is not reported, however, American military experts say that the Pentagon has received at least 2019 new nuclear warheads W50-76 with a yield of 2-5 kilotons from November 6 to the present day.

It is noted that each SSBN carries two missiles with a "low-power" warhead, the remaining 18 Trident II missiles are still equipped with warheads W76-1 with a capacity of 90 kilotons and W88 with a capacity of 455 kilotons.

The decision to re-equip some of the missiles with "low-power" nuclear warheads was made by the Donald Trump administration "to contain Russia." According to American politicians, Moscow may feel that the United States will not want to use its nuclear weapon in case of confrontation with the Russian Federation, as the current nuclear weapons have too much power.

However, this decision caused a mixed reaction. According to some experts, the enemy will still not find out that a missile with a low-power nuclear warhead has been launched against him and in response will send his own, but more powerful one.

Trident is a family of three-stage American solid-propellant ballistic missiles deployed on submarines. The missile can carry up to 14 warheads W76 (100 kt) or up to 8 W88 (475 kt), which are also being upgraded.

Comments

[Lipchanin]

The missile can carry up to 14 W76 warheads (100 kt) or up to 8 W88 (475 kt), which are also being upgraded.

Yes, this is serious.
God forbid it will fly ...

[Thrifty]

Lipchanin is sarcasm, or are you serious? ??

[Lipchanin]

Quote: Thrifty

Lipchanin is sarcasm, or are you serious? ??

What sarcasm is there when this is aimed at you?

about 14 warheads W76 (100 kt) or up to 8 W88 (475 kt),

[Thrifty]

Lipchanin - I thought you were frightened by the five-kiloton warheads. ..

[Lipchanin]

Quote: Thrifty

five kiloton warheads scared you. ..

Thrifty, not frightened, but strained

[Tusv]

Quote: Thrifty

Lipchanin is sarcasm, or are you serious? ??

What do you think. A small charge, a smaller carrier, is more difficult to detect and an air defense battalion is being destroyed. So it's quite serious. By the way, we have no joke combat readiness on the B-61 carriers. In the sense of the Paramilitary Organization

[Tcheluskin]

Small charge, less carrier

Evil tongues say that the W76-2 is just "rotten" W76: the charge is less, only the mass-dimensional characteristics and, as a result, the carriers are the same.

[fruc]

According to some experts, the enemy will still not find out that a missile with a nuclear warhead of reduced power has been launched against him and in response will send his own, but more powerful one.

What difference does it make to the power of the warhead on the Trident II, in return they will receive a "Kuzkin mother", such as "Bulava" "Sineva" with all the proletarian hatred, as they say.

[Anachoret]

"blue" splashed ...
on the Stalin strait

[Land defence]

Quote: Anchorite

"blue" splashed ...
on the Stalin strait

To ensure freedom of navigation

[Anachoret]

I dare to clarify, "peaceful shipping strategic missile carriers and cruisers of Russia "

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: frruc

What difference does it make to the power of the warhead on the Trident II, in return they will receive a "Kuzkin mother", such as "Bulava" "Sineva" with all the proletarian hatred, as they say.

Is World War III knocking on the door? America leads her by the hand, I think ...

[Tusv]

Quote: frruc

According to some experts, the enemy will still not find out that a missile with a low-power nuclear warhead has been launched against him.

We all know and see, only we have to answer with Satan or an analogue of Sarmat, so that there is no excruciating pain for the last one that was lived aimlessly. give me a sec

[dauria]

type "Bulava" "Sineva" with all the proletarian hatred, as they say.

No. These charges are not for an implacable enemy. This is for hesitant viewers. Who are standing next to the fight and drooling. Here is a clear signal for them, "Dear goats, hold back the Wishlist and do not shine."
Clearly, briefly and intelligibly - "We are ready to break in to the full, do you want to check?" And the price of only 5 thousand lives, you think, the shopping center with customers burned down. The world will swallow in silence.

[Thrifty]

We need to declare thermonuclear charges with a capacity of 100 megatons "ultra-low-power", and create a dozen of them! !!

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Thrifty

We need to declare thermonuclear charges with a capacity of 100 megatons "ultra-low-power", and create a dozen of them! !!

Zvizdets planet ... Sakharov, at one time, proposed to blow up 100 megatons on Novaya Zemlya - as a result, they reduced it to 50, they were afraid to split the earth's crust. In theory, there is no power limit, there is common sense. And, for example, New York or Chicago, in order to feel how it is to fight with Russia - and one, in my opinion, megatons for tonsils ...

[Oprichnik]

Recently there was an article, and in it a knowledgeable person with graphs and other clarifying details and figures, argued that such large cities for a complete "Arctic fox" need, as it were, not a dozen 1Mgt of charges.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Oprichnik

Recently there was an article, and in it a knowledgeable person with graphs and other clarifying details and figures, argued that such large cities for a complete "Arctic fox" need, as it were, not a dozen 1Mgt of charges.

Let me remind you that "only" 20 kilotons were dropped on Hiroshima, of which 16 were detonated. So the question here is not to destroy Nuyork, but to panic all of America. And for this one megaton - for tonsils. Remember their shock on September 11, or, for example, Pearl Harbor ... And Stalingrad on August 23, 1942, America never dreamed of even in nightmares ...

[El Chuvachino]

Exchange of nuclear weapons between countries is not about panic, but about destruction.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: El Chuvachino

Exchange of nuclear weapons between countries is not about panic, but about destruction.

About the destruction of CIVILIZATION ... I would say so.

[Vol4ara]

Quote: Zoldat_A

Quote: Thrifty

We need to declare thermonuclear charges with a capacity of 100 megatons "ultra-low-power", and create a dozen of them! !!

Zvizdets planet ... Sakharov, at one time, proposed to blow up 100 megatons on Novaya Zemlya - as a result, they reduced it to 50, they were afraid to split the earth's crust. In theory, there is no power limit, there is common sense. And, for example, New York or Chicago, in order to feel how it is to fight with Russia - and one, in my opinion, megatons for tonsils ...

The earth will not notice either 100 or 1000 mt, do not write nonsense

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Vol4ara

The earth will not notice either 100 or 1000 mt, do not write nonsense

I am not an academician Sakharov, I will not argue. But, probably, when he blew up 50 megatons, he knew better than you and I put together.

[Vol4ara]

Quote: Zoldat_A

Quote: Vol4ara

The earth will not notice either 100 or 1000 mt, do not write nonsense

I am not an academician Sakharov, I will not argue. But, probably, when he blew up 50 megatons, he knew better than you and I put together.

Of course, he knows better, so he removed the uranium circuit from the reaction, replacing it with lead, not because of fear for Mother Earth, but because of the fear that the landfill would become clogged with fission products so much that it would be very problematic to work on it later, this is the only reason abandonment of 100 mt

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Vol4ara

Quote: Zoldat_A

Quote: Vol4ara

The earth will not notice either 100 or 1000 mt, do not write nonsense

I am not an academician Sakharov, I will not argue. But, probably, when he blew up 50 megatons, he knew better than you and I put together.

Of course, he knows better, so he removed the uranium circuit from the reaction, replacing it with lead, not because of fear for Mother Earth, but because of the fear that the landfill would become clogged with fission products so much that it would be very problematic to work on it later, this is the only reason abandonment of 100 mt

It is written in Wikipedia. And what I voiced - the participants of the project spoke on TV. I heard about 10 years ago.

[Vol4ara]

Quote: Zoldat_A

Quote: Vol4ara

Quote: Zoldat_A

Quote: Vol4ara

The earth will not notice either 100 or 1000 mt, do not write nonsense

I am not an academician Sakharov, I will not argue. But, probably, when he blew up 50 megatons, he knew better than you and I put together.

Of course, he knows better, so he removed the uranium circuit from the reaction, replacing it with lead, not because of fear for Mother Earth, but because of the fear that the landfill would become clogged with fission products so much that it would be very problematic to work on it later, this is the only reason abandonment of 100 mt

It is written in Wikipedia. And what I voiced - the participants of the project spoke on TV. I heard about 10 years ago.

It may have been written, but nevertheless this is official information and it is also voiced in many memoirs and in specialized literature. And choosing who to believe, wiki or TV, is undoubtedly a wiki.

But the crater Chikshulub, formed as a result of a meteorite fall. And now attention - the released energy is about 100 teratons, and this is 2 million times higher than the power of the king of the bomb on Novaya Zemlya. And as you can see, this did not significantly affect either the Earth or life on it, yes, it made many dominant animal species outsiders, but this did not even throw evolution to bacteria and fungi, mammals have quite adapted to themselves and became dominants

[bk0010]

Starting from a certain (30 or 50 Mt, EMNIP), a piece of the atmosphere is simply thrown into space, because of which the radius of damage begins to grow noticeably slower than the usual cube root of power. And the mass of the warhead will continue to grow as usual. It makes no sense to bother. The only option that I heard about when we were considering a super-powerful 400Mt warhead was to turn off the western hemisphere with an electromagnetic pulse by detonating it in space.

[Svetlana]

Quote: bk0010

considered a super-powerful 400Mt warhead - to turn off the western hemisphere with an electromagnetic pulse by detonating it in space.

To turn off the Western Hemisphere with an electromagnetic pulse, it is better to simultaneously detonate 3 warheads of 150Mt each over the Western Hemisphere or over the North Magnetic Pole, at a distance of 12800 km from one another at the tops of an equilateral triangle in space at an altitude of 6400 km above the Earth. Shock waves from these three nuclear forces will close into a closed electrically conductive plasma circuit, compress and strengthen the Earth's magnetic field captured by them, which will lead to catastrophic electromagnetic interference in power systems, power transmission lines and cable lines located in the western hemisphere under the barycenter of an equilateral triangle of centers of three nuclear forces.

[Land defence]

Quote: Thrifty

We need to declare 100 megaton thermonuclear charges "ultra-low-power"

And who checked these "low-power" from the States? Maybe they lied too.

[yfast]

Quote: Thrifty

We need to declare thermonuclear charges with a capacity of 100 megatons "ultra-low-power", and create a dozen of them! !!

It is necessary to make all 10 megaton warheads so that the partners have no illusions.

[Thrifty]

yfast - all 10 megatons each, and a dozen warheads of 100 megatons, or 20 50 megatons

[DEVIL LIFE'S]

I am for, and it is necessary to declare the purpose of these missiles - the development of democratic values ​​in the world, or that they are against terrorists in Africa.

[Oprichnik]

Good suggestion!!! Well done comrade Madaminov!

[bk0010]

It has long been calculated that 0.15-0.2 MT is optimal for treating non-buried targets, and 0.5 - 0.8 MT for buried targets. 10 goals of 0.2 MT will cover a larger area than one in 10 MT.

[Old26]

Quote: yfast

Quote: Thrifty

We need to declare thermonuclear charges with a capacity of 100 megatons "ultra-low-power", and create a dozen of them! !!

It is necessary to make all 10 megaton warheads so that the partners have no illusions.

Exactly. And leave a couple of dozen "Voevod" capable of carrying such charges. And all other missiles (land and sea) should be written off as unnecessary trash.

Quote: Thrifty

yfast - all 10 megatons each, and a dozen warheads of 100 megatons, or 20 50 megatons

Answering the previous speaker to his proposal, I understood that at least a couple of "Voevod" zhysyachki would be needed. And after reading your post, I realized that I was wrong and we will have to write off all our missiles as unnecessary junk. Until the last

[Thrifty]

The old 26 does not require these warheads to be used immediately, they are not milk, they will not turn sour

[bk0010]

Sour. During storage, as a result of nuclear decay in the assembly, the amount of extremely active plutonium-238 increases, after exceeding its content in the activator, the assembly will be blown apart before the first kilotons are released. Pshik will turn out instead of an explosion. Therefore, charges are regularly sent for recovery.

[Sancho_SP]

In general, an interesting question: against whom is it planned to be used? Obviously against someone who has little or no nuclear weapons.

[Sergey39]

Nuclear weapons are a deterrent weapon. Nobody is going to use it. Regardless of the charging power. But who to scare is also understandable. Russia.

[Sancho_SP]

For containment, the larger the charge, the better, especially considering that the 5 kt warhead and 90 kt are the same size.

Low power is advisable either if it is planned to use it on its territory or next to its troops (but this is not for ballistic missiles), or if the opinion of the UN or something similar will matter after use.

[Oprichnik]

If nuclear weapons are used, then the UN and other trekkontors DO NOT give a damn and forget, and not only their opinion, but also about their existence

[Sancho_SP]

Yes, that's not a fact.

Example: The United States is using 3-10 five-kiloton warheads against Iran.

So, what is next? Russia or China will start a nuclear war with the USA? No, they won't. Iran will respond with something? It is unlikely to fly.

And this is where the excuse comes out of his sleeve, saying that they were not totalitarian killers of cities, but kosher democratic bombs ... Considering who protects the UN, the result may be interesting.

[SVD68]

Quote: Sancho_SP

Example: The United States is using 3-10 five-kiloton warheads against Iran.

Let's look at this example. Our early warning system for the attack reports that SLBMs are starting from the Indian Ocean, by all indications of Trident II, moving north. How do we react to this?

[Vol4ara]

Quote: SVD68

Quote: Sancho_SP

Example: The United States is using 3-10 five-kiloton warheads against Iran.

Let's look at this example. Our early warning system for the attack reports that SLBMs are starting from the Indian Ocean, by all indications of Trident II, moving north. How do we react to this?

Yeah, it starts and moves along a ballistic trajectory and the points of its fall in the north are immediately known

[Alexey RA]

Quote: Vol4ara

Yeah, it starts and moves along a ballistic trajectory and the points of its fall in the north are immediately known

The fact of the matter is that not immediately. But you need to react immediately - otherwise there may simply not be enough time to make a decision, to pass the launch command and to test it on the ground.
That is, after the detection of each such launch, the readiness of the RF Armed Forces immediately rises to maximum. Then the adversary goes symmetrically to DEFCON 1.
And then the whole world prays that no one will lose their nerves, and that SPYAU correctly estimates the area of ​​the possible fall of the warhead. Measurement error, the spot fell on Orenburg - the enemy inflicts a disarming blow with full-fledged warheads, an immediate symmetrical response is needed. And then - off we go ... rockets slowly float away.

[Vol4ara]

Quote: Alexey RA

Quote: Vol4ara

Yeah, it starts and moves along a ballistic trajectory and the points of its fall in the north are immediately known

The fact of the matter is that not immediately. But you need to react immediately - otherwise there may simply not be enough time to make a decision, to pass the launch command and to test it on the ground.
That is, after the detection of each such launch, the readiness of the RF Armed Forces immediately rises to maximum. Then the adversary goes symmetrically to DEFCON 1.
And then the whole world prays that no one will lose their nerves, and that SPYAU correctly estimates the area of ​​the possible fall of the warhead. Measurement error, the spot fell on Orenburg - the enemy inflicts a disarming blow with full-fledged warheads, an immediate symmetrical response is needed. And then - off we go ... rockets slowly float away.

I wonder how the protocols will change after the leading countries have adopted the maneuvering units

[bk0010]

Quote: Vol4ara

I wonder how the protocols will change after the leading countries have adopted the maneuvering units

No way. A long time ago the R-36orb with a maneuvering satellite warhead was made, I think all possible options have already been taken into account.

[Vol4ara]

Quote: bk0010

Quote: Vol4ara

I wonder how the protocols will change after the leading countries have adopted the maneuvering units

No way. A long time ago the R-36orb with a maneuvering satellite warhead was made, I think all possible options have already been taken into account.

Well, such a thing .... They will shoot in the direction of China, but it will fly to you and you will find out about it a minute before the explosion, and then without knowing exactly which object is the target. Counter-strike does not work

[Avior]

US adopted a new nuclear strategy a couple of years ago
According to this strategy, if the enemy (guess who? ) will use a single tactical ammunition against the US allies in order to intimidate them and force them to withdraw from the war, then the United States has nothing to answer - they have a minimum of tactical weapons, and they are of little use for a single strike, and in response it will only be necessary to start a full-fledged nuclear war.
Therefore, we made several units of low-power missiles with guaranteed delivery.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Sancho_SP

In general, an interesting question: against whom is it planned to be used? Obviously against someone who has little or no nuclear weapons.

They don't plan to use anything. We all remember how the Yankees and North Korea tsikanuli. And the Kimov missiles were not close to the Strategic Missile Forces of Russia. Therefore, there will be no missile war. So, as usual, they will shit like cats in the corners ...

[The eye of the crying]

Quote: Zoldat_A

Is World War III knocking on the door? America leads her by the hand, I think ...

Quote: Zoldat_A

They don't plan to use anything

How can such different thoughts coexist in one head?

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Eye of the Crying

Quote: Zoldat_A

Is World War III knocking on the door? America leads her by the hand, I think ...

Quote: Zoldat_A

They don't plan to use anything

How can such different thoughts coexist in one head?

Here is my "versatile" head - one hemisphere is left, the other is right. And they cannot make friends in any way. Which ten years. By the way, about America. She longs for war with us, but not with her own hands. Ukrainian, Moldovan, Georgian, Baltic, even Central Asian or Chinese - just not their own. Vietnam taught them a lot. So I don't see any contradiction.

[Sancho_SP]

And I never said anywhere that it was against Russia or China.

That is, there is a possibility of using these bombs against any Iran or DPRK, against which the US TODAY will no longer openly pull up

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Sancho_SP

That is, there is a possibility of using these bombs against any Iran or DPRK, against which the US TODAY will no longer openly pull up

I will not say for Iran, but before North Korea, the United States has ALREADY stopped short with all its bombs and aircraft carriers - we have already seen it. Cheeks puffed up - and nothing else .... It was enough for Kim to only hint about a retaliatory strike against California ... The submarine wandered somewhere at a safe distance, the fleet moved in the southern seas. Like in TOM movie -

There is movement - no progress.

And safely that America dumped at a safe distance.

[Sancho_SP]

Don't idolize Kim that much. The war against the DPRK is not profitable purely economically: there is no oil there, and America is not fighting for the idea.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Sancho_SP

Don't idolize Kim that much.

And I wasn’t going to ... Just to how much the clang of teeth and rattling of weapons was - and Kim did not even promise, but hinted that his missiles would be able to reach California. And that's it ... Steam into the pipe ...

[fruc]

And what's the difference, against whom. If the first missile takes off from yabch. All nuclear-armed countries will bring their nuclear arsenals to hotline # 1 and use them at the first whistle.

[brother Goronflo]

Still, something tells me that they shouldn't hope for it ...
I'm afraid that tomorrow, on New Year's Eve, they will launch these missiles across Iran ...

[Observer2014]

What nonsense is it to restrain Russia with low-yield nuclear warheads. Any use of nuclear weapons against Russia will bring down the full power of the Strategic Missile Forces on the foe. What kind of deer invented this garbage for them? And most importantly, convinced that everything would be like it was? And our nuclear strike, even if the low-power warheads should be missed. I have the impression that our chief strategist is your politician. Here, there. And from here. Well, they replaced 10% of the BCH with "garbage" Well, what a victory, if that. Test

[Sancho_SP]

Yes, that's clearly not against Russia. And this is bad, since they can and in fact be used against relatively weak countries.

[silverwolf88]

Apparently this is a new level of threats for the third world ... Rossi's absolutely violet power ... the fact of its use will already generate a blow to the full program and with all the consequences ... chanting of teeth about low power ... .. it won't work with Russia ...

[what's up]

They will hit the thermal power plant, nuclear power plant, hydroelectric power station. For heat and water supply facilities, as a last resort. Hydroelectric power plants, only if they harm the neighbors. Before that, hit the nuclear facilities ...

[KKND]

The decision to re-equip some of the missiles with "low-power" nuclear warheads was made by the Donald Trump administration "to contain Russia." According to American politicians, Moscow may feel that the United States will not want to use its nuclear weapons in the event of a confrontation with the Russian Federation, since the current nuclear weapons are too powerful.

Trump is ours !!! Trump-pa-ram! He just got out of the INF Treaty and questioned strategic offensive arms. Moreover, the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons was lowered. In Rostov our agent on a well-deserved pension.

[rocket757]

The illusion of the possibility of a "small nucleus", quickly, accurately, filigree ... very dangerous delusions in our complex world.
nothing remains without consequences.

[Gunther]

.... new US President Joe Biden opposes the idea of ​​arming American submarines with a "low-power" nuclear weapon

but I will support our agent Joe Beadon

[Old26]

Quote: Tusv

What do you think. Small charge, less carrier, more difficult to detect

Smaller media? The namesake, as it was "Trident-2", and remained ... With the same dimensions

Quote: Zoldat_A

Russia to fight - and one, in my opinion, megatons for tonsils ...

Few. There will be destruction, human losses too, but for a city like New York they are not critical

Quote: Oprichnik

Recently there was an article, and in it a knowledgeable person with graphs and other clarifying details and figures, argued that such large cities for a complete "Arctic fox" need, as it were, not a dozen 1Mgt of charges.

I guess, yes. 10 1 megaton charges are significantly more efficient than one 10 megaton charge

Quote: Zoldat_A

Let me remind you that "only" 20 kilotons were dropped on Hiroshima, of which 16 were detonated. So the question here is not to destroy Nuyork, but to panic all of America. And for this one megaton - for tonsils. Remember their shock on September 11, or, for example, Pearl Harbor ... And Stalingrad on August 23, 1942, America never dreamed of even in nightmares ...

You will think that in Moscow the shock will be less from the explosion over the city of 1 megaton charge. Most people will die precisely because of panic - they will trample ...

Quote: Thrifty

The old 26 does not require these warheads to be used immediately, they are not milk, they will not turn sour

Now 10 megatons can still be raised by Voevoda. In a year or two and they will not be. And the parameters of "Sarmat" in the network are most often from a flashlight. They just take it by analogy with the "Voevoda"), although what the "Sarmat" will be - no one knows for sure .. And to believe what they say is not to respect yourself

Quote: Sancho_SP

In general, an interesting question: against whom is it planned to be used? Obviously against someone who has little or no nuclear weapons.

Quite right. This is when you need to destroy someone, or something, but at the same time do not make the whole country rise up against them. The same Iran. A pair of charges across Tehran (government quarter), a pair of charges across Natanz and Fordow (nuclear production). A minimum of destruction, casualties and it is unlikely that when most of the fanatics die, the rest will rise to defense (of course, all this is conditional)

Quote: Sergey39

Nuclear weapons are a deterrent weapon. Nobody is going to use it. Regardless of the charging power. But who to scare is also understandable. Russia.

The United States has several of its most beloved countries, which it will gladly scare off with such charges, and, if necessary, use them. Iran, DPRK, Venezuela. If you think about it, there will be a heel or two.

Quote: frruc

And what's the difference, against whom. If the first missile takes off from yabch. All nuclear-armed countries will bring their nuclear arsenals to hotline # 1 and use them at the first whistle.

Not always. it all depends on the situation. They can (in the future) install these charges on hypersonic missiles. And launching a rocket from an airplane will not cause such a reaction as an unknown (unplanned) launch from a nuclear boat

Quote: Brother Goronflo

Still, something tells me that they shouldn't hope for it ...
I'm afraid that tomorrow, on New Year's Eve, they will launch these missiles across Iran ...

Maybe they will shy away. But most likely not

[bk0010]

Very good, let everyone change.

[IL38]

and in response will send
He won't send anything.

[outsider]

Quote: Oprichnik

Recently there was an article, and in it a knowledgeable person with graphs and other clarifying details and figures, argued that such large cities for a complete "Arctic fox" need, as it were, not a dozen 1Mgt of charges.

- Not true. Over any city - even New York, even Moscow, it is enough to detonate a charge of 10 megatons at an altitude of 10 km - and it will completely burn out... and there will be no radioactive contamination of the area.

[outsider]

- This small tactical nuclear weapon is designed not just for a massive exchange of nuclear strikes on cities, but for a specific war on the battlefield.

[Sancho_SP]

Quote: SVD68

Quote: Sancho_SP

Example: The United States is using 3-10 five-kiloton warheads against Iran.

Let's look at this example. Our early warning system for the attack reports that SLBMs are starting from the Indian Ocean, by all indications of Trident II, moving north. How do we react to this?

10 warheads - one missile. This is not a massive launch to react to.

Moreover, the launch can be announced in advance, even as a training one, but even as an act of retaliation for some other September 11th. A terrorist attack with a dirty bomb would be a low tide by the way.

[Sancho_SP]

Quote: Zoldat_A

Quote: Sancho_SP

Don't idolize Kim that much.

And I wasn’t going to ... Just to how much the clang of teeth and rattling of weapons was - and Kim did not even promise, but hinted that his missiles would be able to reach California. And that's it ... Steam into the pipe ...

Again, I'm not sure what is connected. The DPRK behaved about the same for decades, and no one attacked them. In recent years, perhaps Twitter has appeared)

America does not need the Korean War. They already have bases in Korea (only South) and Japan. There is nothing valuable to take there. But to get a guerrilla hemorrhoids abruptly Vietnam all the chances.

[Old26]

Quote: SVD68

Quote: Sancho_SP

Example: The United States is using 3-10 five-kiloton warheads against Iran.

Let's look at this example. Our early warning system for the attack reports that SLBMs are starting from the Indian Ocean, by all indications of Trident II, moving north. How do we react to this?

An unfortunate example. Hitting Iran from the Indian Ocean with Trident when Russia is to the north - the Americans are not that dumb after all. But from the Philippine Sea - why not?

Quote: Alexey RA

The fact of the matter is that not immediately. But you need to react immediately - otherwise there may simply not be enough time to make a decision, to pass the launch command and to test it on the ground.

No one will react before it becomes clear where the finish point will not be. The level of combat readiness will be increased, but no one will launch a response until it becomes clear where the warhead is aimed