That might be true up until the time of launch. After that all bets are off. There is no way to discretely launch an SLBM. Everyone on the boat would know.
This is akin to running an active sonar or firing the main gun. Everyone on board knows what just happened, no matter where on the boat/ship they are.
BTW - Did anyone check NOTAMS for the Kwajalein Atoll range?
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“That might be true up until the time of launch. After that all bets are off. There is no way to discretely launch an SLBM. Everyone on the boat would know.”
I wasn’t referring to the boom/swoosh of the actual launch but how the Navy did some hush/hush stuff aboard the boats.
Below is a link to a great book describing how a “new” Radioman (nsg/ct) told the ship’s captain to drill holes in his boat. Few sailors on the boat knew anything of the real mission of the CT.
http://www.amazon.com/Blind-Mans-Bluff-Submarine-Espionage/dp/1891620088#reader_1891620088