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Submarines are first strike tools, that's kind of anti-MAD, so it would be great if they were rendered useless.
by lambda_obrien 6y ago
Submarines are first strike tools, that's kind of anti-MAD, so it would be great if they were rendered useless.
- elefanten 6y agoYou can initiate effective first strikes with submarines, but they provide no counter to MAD. They're not anti-MAD in any sense -- destruction would still be mutual. And one of the most assured scenarios of destruction is enemy submarines striking back, even if the other legs of nuclear forces are successfully taken out. Submarines are the hardest to take out, so they are the most pro-MAD.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoSubmarines are the one thing that will survive the first strike, because your enemy doesn't know where they are. They thus provide a guarantee on the "Mutually" part of MAD.