Ah, one small correction, mr lawdog, sir: "18 Ohio class nuclear subs, each with 24 nuclear missles -armed with MIRV warheads...I figure with about 10 out to sea at any one time that is about 240 nukes..." that would actually be 240 nuclear missiles. Since each nuclear missile is mirved, as in "Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle= MIRV", let's stick with base 10 and, say, ten MIRVS per missile. Therefore, the total number of warheads is: 240 missiles x 10 MIRVS per warhead = 2,400 nuclear warheads to spread around Iran and all their "dispersed" nuclear sites....