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Assuming you're striking first, yes. Nuclear subs take ~15 minutes to deploy, though, and that isn't the first option when counter striking. The U.S. president
by hypeatei 2y ago
Assuming you're striking first, yes. Nuclear subs take ~15 minutes to deploy, though, and that isn't the first option when counter striking. The U.S. president has six minutes to decide/launch a counter attack from the missile silos.
Annie Jacobsen has a book "Nuclear War: A Scenario" on all this where she interviews high ranking officials and pries into government documents related to nuclear war.
- gpderetta 2y agoOn the other hand, NK is not launching a first strike that can take out all US land-bases ICBM sites anytime soon.
- datadrivenangel 2y agoIsn't Jacobsen a bit of a crank? Some of her other books include ESP And Area 51.
- hypeatei 2y agoI'm pretty sure she isn't. I take it as more of a research effort into highly classified areas of the government. She doesn't really push a narrative IMO.