the us has seven nuclear armed submarines.
the us has seven nuclear armed submarines.
how many nuclear armed submarines does the us have?
seven
after increasing under bush, the number of chinese nuclear armed missiles capable of reaching north america leveled off under obama with delays in bringing forth new capabilities such as mirv and operational sub launched missiles. the u.s. dod 2013 report to congress continued to state that china had 50–75 icbm's. however the united states-china economic and security review commission stated that it was possible for china to finally have an operational submarine-launched ballistic missile capability by the end of the year. the us–china economic and security review commission stated in november 2014 that patrols with nuclear-armed submarines would take place before the end of the year, "giving china its first credible sea-based nuclear deterrent".
china and weapons of mass destruction
seymour hersh alleges weapons were deployed on several occasions. on october 8, 1973, just after the start of the yom kippur war, golda meir and her closest aides decided to put eight nuclear armed f-4s at tel nof airbase on 24-hour alert and as many nuclear missile launchers at sedot mikha airbase operational as possible. seymour hersh adds that the initial target list that night "included the egyptian and syrian military headquarters near cairo and damascus". this nuclear alert was meant not only as a means of precaution, but to push the soviets to restrain the arab offensive and to convince the us to begin sending supplies. one later report said that a soviet intelligence officer did warn the egyptian chief of staff, and colleagues of us national security advisor henry kissinger said that the threat of a nuclear exchange caused him to urge for a massive israeli resupply. hersh points out that before israel obtained its own satellite capability, it engaged in espionage against the united states to obtain nuclear targeting information on soviet targets.
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