[JD_UTDallas]

Exactly one would be hard pressed to find 4500 strategic population centers that much megatonage is nothing short of a complete genocide of the sino people well exceeding the needed destruction of a MAD scenario. We have 14 Trident subs each with 24 D5 with 8 to 12 warheads each. 2688 – 4032 MIRVS we keep at least 8 subs in the water at all times, and the D5 has the range to hit the Chicoms from port in Wash state. If the sh1t hits the fan the subs can ballast down and tilt over sideways and surface launch from the dock side. The tilt is to ensure if a birds first stage doesn’t light off the bird falls in the water hundreds of feet off to the side of the Ohio class in case peeps are wondering why you need to ballast over to surface launch.

[Mariner]

And 100kts each.

China MIGHT be able to put 100 warheads on us, but I doubt that. They only have about 2 dozen real ICBMs and 2 real Strategic subs...usually in port.

[artaxerces]

“We have 14 Trident subs each with 24 D5 with 8 to 12 warheads each. 2688 – 4032 MIRVS we keep at least 8 subs in the water at all times”

Sorry, have to call out your BS there.

1. The USN(or any other navy for that matter) cannot maintain that kind of operational readiness(>60%). ~30% readiness is about the best one can achieve when factoring in the average time spent on routine maintenance, time spent in replenishment, time spent in non-routine maintenance + mid-life overhauls...etc. That translates into 4-5 boats ready in the water at any given time, under the most optimal scenario.

2. Of those 4-5 boats in the water, only 1-2 would be within striking range of China at any given time. That’s at most 300 warheads capable of being delivered onto the Chinese mainland on short notice. Not the thousands that you were throwing out there.