Sub positions pretty much were know (at least we knew where theirs were all the time) Our fast-attack boats were pretty darn good.
(We didn't announce the fact we knew where they were, but they knew that we knew) On 4/18/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The point of first strike is to damage the enemies retaliation capabilities > to an acceptable level. Range was not the only factor, speed was the factor. > > If you could destroy command and control and retaliation capabilities > quickly, then there wouldn't be MAD. > > The point of putting the missiles in Cuba was to make an overt claim of > first strike capability. From Cuba they could launch a strike that could > have crippled DC within 12 minutes I think, maybe less. > > Sub locations weren't known, thus they couldn't make a public first strike > claim. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:204565 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
