[Desecrated]

Why put boomers so close? Kim knows they are out there, and if ANY nuke subs are active anywhere in the world, he is already "surrounded by a ring of fire."

Even if a deal is reached with NK, how could we ever substatially verify they are following it? We couldn't and we can't. Military action or starving him into collapse are the only options imo.

[John H K]

The author never mentioned "boomers."

Contrary to popular belief, all nuclear subs aren't "boomers."

Only Ohio-class SSBNs are "boomers." They carry Trident missles with nuclear warheads that can hit North Korea from their docks in Washington state, so no point in moving them closer to North Korea.

Our other nuclear powered subs are fast-attack submarines (and these greatly outnumber "boomers"). They do carry Tomahawk conventional cruise missles and they would have to be moved into the Sea of Japan to hit North Korea.