“... to demonstrate, mainly to Asia, that we can do that,”...”
Well, ain’t that special? Haven’t we been lobbing ICBM’s from nuke subs for years? What’s there to prove to anybody? We CAN do it. And we’ve been doing it for decades. If Asia hasn’t gotten that memo yet, they never will.
Maybe it wasn’t us this time.
Yes, we’ve been lobbing from nukes - no one has a doubt about our ability to do that... That kind of ‘show’ stuff is usually reserved for loser countries like North Korea or Iran. So, I’m with you - sounds like a pretty lame excuse.