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Re:Deliberately optimizing for harm by misthop on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @03:46PM (#30703149)
Which country is "we"? The US has 14 Ohio class SSBNs in service until at least 2029
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Re:Deliberately optimizing for harm by therealcamino on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @04:27PM (#30703611)
Probably the UK.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/operat...

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Re:Deliberately optimizing for harm by KineticLensman on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @04:57PM (#30703991)
Yes, the UK (I should have made this more explicit).

The UK's current deterrent force is currently expected to be replaced by the successor Dreadnought class [0] in the 2030s. They are currently projected to cost £31 billion (likely an underestimate) for four subs, each of which can carry 8 missiles max. Again, these are a horribly expensive way to deliver conventional explosives when we have cruise missiles instead.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought-class_submarine

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