I would love to know (to the extent that submarine deployments are accessible to the public) what this means in terms of actual change in behavior. We have many subs deployed at all times (already quite capable of targeting multiple locations within Russia) while other subs are being repaired, and others are not yet ready, then even others are being retired.
Is this just all theater, or did we actually move things around/add deployments, and did those actions increase the threat to Russia? My fairly naive guess is that Trump directed the admirals to increase deployments, but the admirals internally just shuffled things a bit without changing our posture significantly. Because the US was already completely prepared for this, to the extent that one can prepare for a first strike or response.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 18.0 ms ] threadIs this just all theater, or did we actually move things around/add deployments, and did those actions increase the threat to Russia? My fairly naive guess is that Trump directed the admirals to increase deployments, but the admirals internally just shuffled things a bit without changing our posture significantly. Because the US was already completely prepared for this, to the extent that one can prepare for a first strike or response.
I have a sneaky suspicion that if they are really nearing Russia, it's for a "rescue" mission.
Only a wild guess. Does anyone know how much weight a drone can carry?