10-12-2014, 04:38 PM
I agree with need nukes. I don't agree with the delivery platform. Submarines make a lot of sense. But perhaps it's a tad expensive and could be cheaper?
The missiles can fly quite far. The subs don't need to be near the targets, they need to be somewhere the enemy doesn't know they are.
That doesn't require nuclear propulsion.
It is however clear that once you give up your nukes you are an easy target.
So much for us honouring the agreement with Ukraine that allowed Russian to annex Crimea without our support despite a treaty we signed promising it.
See Libya.
Or Iraq.
And why NK is still hopping around like a box of angry frogs.
The missiles can fly quite far. The subs don't need to be near the targets, they need to be somewhere the enemy doesn't know they are.
That doesn't require nuclear propulsion.
It is however clear that once you give up your nukes you are an easy target.
So much for us honouring the agreement with Ukraine that allowed Russian to annex Crimea without our support despite a treaty we signed promising it.
See Libya.
Or Iraq.
And why NK is still hopping around like a box of angry frogs.