5th July 2013, 01:15 PM
alisdair Wrote:........ The heat bloom from a nuclear sub is easily tracked the problem is getting a weapon acurate enough to destroy it at the depths that they operate at. Buy the way the only nation on earth that ever used the weapon to destroy cities full to the gunnels of civilans (not combatents) was the USA. they did so to curb Russia as they perceived a threat. Now tell me Big Man who do you think actually controls the requisit codes for the Navy subs to launch?
I stand corrected. :face-approve:
Though the result is the same.
Yes the USA is the only country to use an atomic bomb in anger........though no one seems bothered by the campaigns of firebombing civilians during the second world war carried out by the UK first I think.
Oh and yeah, I suppose I meant launched from most places that are underwater to most places on land?
As to who controls the launch codes I have no idea........and though you are indeed correct I am big, I don't make a habit of bragging about it.
As to a nuclear deterrent, I wonder what would have happened if the nazis had launched a submarine based nuclear weapon before the war ended. I imagine we would be moaning about different things, but in secret of course.