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04-12-06, 04:32 PM

Personally, I'm all for the Trident system. At the end of the day, all they're doing is replacing what already exists. Nothing in the Trident project is new.

For those that haven't taken the time to read, for any reason, here's basically how the Trident system works:
-You have a handful of nuclear powered submarines (nothing new here but the cores are getting old, so need replacing by 2014 or they can't be used).
-You have a handful of rockets (Trident rockets to be exact) and several nuclear warheads on each submarine, with more in reserve should they be needed.
-Each rocket holds X warheads, and can target independantly of other warheads on that rocket (the actual launch sequence includes warhead armourment (individually) & target setting, gas propulsion to the surface where the rocket takes over. Here it gets a GPS lock, sets itself up, and flies at 20,000ft/second towards target. Once at a predertermined spot, the rocket motors drop off, it takes another GPS lock, adjusts position, and drops warheads on shedule (again, individually). The warheads take GPS lock (or can be configured to laser guide, but I wouldn't like that job!) & direct themselves from the upper atmosphere release to the final target).

Each warhead is the same power as 8 Hiroshimas. Each rocket has a max range of 5000 miles. There's only ever one trident submarine on active duty, and there's always enough staff to man a second sub "on-call", with others in reserve with a slightly slower response time.

OK, so lets assume for a minute the Iranians try to Nuke us. We realisitically wouldn't know the target of any nuclear weapon until it was too late, it's just that simple. So the knee jerk reaction would be to nuke them back. The submarines have an advantage here that it takes a lot longer for nuclear fall out to affect the underwater world than it does dry land.

So basically, it's all a big deterrant. "If you launch, we have a system where we can sit & wait for a couple of months, then retaliate, if we need to. Oh, and by the way, that system can also take out a couple of countries completely with a single rocket. Launch if you dare!"

I prefer that to the "Oh Sh*t, they have nuclear weapons, if they launch, we're screwed!" attitude.

04-12-06, 04:32 PM	#10
Baph Guest Posts: n/a	Personally, I'm all for the Trident system. At the end of the day, all they're doing is replacing what already exists. Nothing in the Trident project is new. For those that haven't taken the time to read, for any reason, here's basically how the Trident system works: -You have a handful of nuclear powered submarines (nothing new here but the cores are getting old, so need replacing by 2014 or they can't be used). -You have a handful of rockets (Trident rockets to be exact) and several nuclear warheads on each submarine, with more in reserve should they be needed. -Each rocket holds X warheads, and can target independantly of other warheads on that rocket (the actual launch sequence includes warhead armourment (individually) & target setting, gas propulsion to the surface where the rocket takes over. Here it gets a GPS lock, sets itself up, and flies at 20,000ft/second towards target. Once at a predertermined spot, the rocket motors drop off, it takes another GPS lock, adjusts position, and drops warheads on shedule (again, individually). The warheads take GPS lock (or can be configured to laser guide, but I wouldn't like that job!) & direct themselves from the upper atmosphere release to the final target). Each warhead is the same power as 8 Hiroshimas. Each rocket has a max range of 5000 miles. There's only ever one trident submarine on active duty, and there's always enough staff to man a second sub "on-call", with others in reserve with a slightly slower response time. OK, so lets assume for a minute the Iranians try to Nuke us. We realisitically wouldn't know the target of any nuclear weapon until it was too late, it's just that simple. So the knee jerk reaction would be to nuke them back. The submarines have an advantage here that it takes a lot longer for nuclear fall out to affect the underwater world than it does dry land. So basically, it's all a big deterrant. "If you launch, we have a system where we can sit & wait for a couple of months, then retaliate, if we need to. Oh, and by the way, that system can also take out a couple of countries completely with a single rocket. Launch if you dare!" I prefer that to the "Oh Sh*t, they have nuclear weapons, if they launch, we're screwed!" attitude.