• BMatthew@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Instead of pushing for a solution, we move nukes??? It’s time to push back on the military industrial complex and get diplomats working.

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      11 months ago

      It’s powered by nuclear, probably not carrying nuclear warheads.

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      11 months ago

      We can do both.

      But note that “nuclear sub” refers to its power system, not armament. Nuclear subs can carry both nuclear and conventional weapons. This is not a threat to nuke Israel or Palestine.

      Edit: per articles quoting the Navy dude, this is a guided-missile sub, not a ballistic missile sub, meaning it only carries convention weapons, no nuclear weapons. That is, Tomahawk missiles.

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        From another article I read, this is a nuclear-powered sub, that is one of a handful that has been retrofitted from ballistic middle duty to cruise missles. So basically it’s a cruise missle platform. The headline is playing a little fast and loose for effect.

        Also worth considering that subs that launch nukes are assumed to be out, patrolling in enough areas to ensure last-word MAD deterrence, so you can just assume that US nuke-launching subs are already able to strike most major population centers and don’t need or want to broadcast their specific location (unless, like, a very intelligent former president specifically puts their location on a new broadcast for clout)

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      11 months ago

      the US doesn’t have any diesel-electric subs in service they’re all nukes

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        11 months ago

        I understand that but we also know what the trident middle system on that ship can do and what it carries. That single sub out-powers most countries.

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          11 months ago

          That’s an SSGN. SSBN, the ones that carry Trident missiles, don’t need, nor want, to be anywhere near the theatre in order to operate.

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    11 months ago

    “we could kill all of you instantly at any time so shut the fuck up and let us do whatever we want”

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    11 months ago

    While I understand it is nuclear powered, I also assume it has a full payload. Even if not. The optics after an Israeli minister says there are no civilians and nukes are on the table aren’t good for us to be engaging like this. He may have been suspended, but the rhetorics right now are not acceptable.

    https://www.politico.eu/article/israel-minister-amichai-eliyahu-suspend-benjamin-netanyahu-nuclear-bomb-gaza-hamas-war/

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    11 months ago

    Watch out. trump gave putin all the disable codes hardwired into our hardware. Somewhere there’s a russian despot snickering into his handkerchief.