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It's not that simple. Launching an nuclear weapon from the deep is very hard, normal nuclear missile subs do not launch from deep. There are multiple reason for
by saberdancer 7y ago
It's not that simple. Launching an nuclear weapon from the deep is very hard, normal nuclear missile subs do not launch from deep. There are multiple reason for this. One of them is that they eject the missile by using steam/gas, if you are too deep, your missile won't reach the surface and thus won't be able to fly away. Second reason is that the missile and the missile tube needs to be under normal pressure. Missiles aren't built to handle hundreds of atmospheres of pressure even if the sub could eject them into the water.
- jacobush 7y agoI know. I was thinking about the scenario hiding very deep, and only surface to strike. You could deliver M.A.D. even months after the earth bound battle has come to a halt. Besides, the talk was also about a submarine drone more like a long range torpedo. While you maybe can't launch such a thing from the very deep, at least you should be able to launch it from much deeper than a missile.