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The current location of nuclear armed submarines seem to be one of those secretive cases.

• TeMPOraL 5y ago
  And let's hope it stays that way, because it's the one thing that's keeping the world from going up in flames. If I were the supreme commander of a nuclear power, I wouldn't even want to know where the enemy subs are. I'd make sure the military isn't trying too hard to find them. That's because A in MAD stands for "assured". Nuke-carriyng submarines are often billed as first-strike weapons, but arguably their main role is being a backup - an assurance that, no matter how effective your first strike is, you are going to be glassed in retaliation. So, your submarines check the enemy, enemy submarines check you, and the standoff continues. If you can credibly threaten to detect enemy nuclear-armed submarines, then the enemy has a strong incentive to launch a first strike immediately, before you've completely neutered their subs.