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20 minutes later Russia would be dead. 20 minutes later the world. Been like this for many decades. That it hasn’t happened is kind of surprising.
by treeman79 4y ago
20 minutes later Russia would be dead. 20 minutes later the world.
Been like this for many decades.
That it hasn’t happened is kind of surprising.
- tintor 4y agoHow would US attribute who's sub it was? They would have to retaliate on every other (non-allied) country.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> How would US attribute who's sub it was? The US has quite a.lot of ASW resources, can identify subs, and you can't do that attack without providing a position fix. Also, the US has other intelligence sources. Also, current political situation helps narrow likely attackers. Also, and perhaps most importantly, not a lot of people have hypersonic weapons and subs to deliver them near the US. Flashy unique capabilities are great in many ways, but they are absolute crap for obscuring responsibility.
- myrandomcomment 4y agoThe US pretty much knows the location of the Russian missiles subs most of the the time. It would be a bit crazy to gamble on being sure the one you launch from was the one that was missed. Also most of the Russian boomer fleet is in dock most of the time.
- logicchains 4y ago> 20 minutes later Russia would be dead. 20 minutes later the world. The idea of nuclear winter has been largely debunked by modern science. Sure the places hit by nukes would be destroyed, but most nukes aren't powerful enough to push smoke into the atmosphere, so there'd be no global cloud blackening out the sun and ending all life on earth.