Huh? The advantage of SLBMs is that they are enormously survivable. It doesn't matter where they are as long as they can't be taken out in a first strike, so th

Huh? The advantage of SLBMs is that they are enormously survivable. It doesn't matter where they are as long as they can't be taken out in a first strike, so they provide robust, highly credible retaliatory strike capability at all times. Modern SLBMs have more than enough range to maintain that from the middle of the ocean.