Re:America is highly vulnerable to a missile attack
by arcticfox on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @05:12PM
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A surprise attack on a full superpower with extensive MAD capabilities is quite possibly the most idiotic move that could ever be made. Milley's call can be summed up as: "you know I'm not an idiot, remember?"
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Re:America is highly vulnerable to a missile attack
by secondcoming on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @05:14PM
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Wouldn't a surprise attack, if that was even possible, be the best way to ensure Assured Destruction rather than Mutually Assured Destruction?
Re:America is highly vulnerable to a missile attack
by HenryKissinger on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @05:17PM
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All major nuclear powers have systems in place to guarantee the survival of at least some of their strategic nuclear forces in the event of a surprise attack, ballistic missile submarines being one of them.
Re:America is highly vulnerable to a missile attack
by Nbox9 on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @05:23PM
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It would be terrible against a full nuclear triad nation. It’s assumed that the US has nuclear weapons in silos, on airplanes, and in submarines at all times and under certain conditions each silo/plane/sub is capable of making the call to attack.
A surprise attack would only prevent MAD if you were to simultaneously disable each individual silo/sub/plane which is practically impossible.
Oh, and it’s entirely possible the US has classified space based retaliation capabilities as they have had a number of highly classified satellite launches.