Used to be 30-45 minutes - gives Joe time to get a few scoops from the fridge
Except a sub-launched off the coast at 12 miles out......at today’s speeds.....
>> Except a sub-launched off the coast at 12 miles out.
Nothing strategic hangs out off the East Coast since the 70’s.
Sov... err, Russian boomer subs hang out in “naval bastions” in the Barents sea where they are protected against ASW by the friendly assets. Their SLBMS can be launched from the dock, if need be, they don’t need to be anywhere close to the CONUS to work.
Theoritically you can sneak a fast attack sub or two and launch pinpoint attacks against choice targets with cruise missiles, but why? That would be a sting that wakes the sleeping giant.