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Thanks folkds ... more clarity
Spot on ... I agree. 60 minutes is too long.That still does not explain the need to keep the warheads separate. Already mated warheads atleast in a few missiles would mean retaliation in minutes and not hours.
That - and to take out large missile bases with multiple missile Silos deep inside the ground. A Megaton device exploding a few meters above ground will gouge a crater the size of a few football fileds and destroy the underground Silos nearby - anything around it will be incinerated or charred beyond use.No the megaton devices were made to cover for the inaccuracies of the missiles of the time.
We don't need to retaliate in a minute. It gives us time to chose our target and destroy it completely, I mean it's population. That is the essence of deterrence. Unacceptable damage. Whereas the one who strikes first will have to spend more nukes and conventional strikes to take out our arsenal. It makes them open to our attack.That still does not explain the need to keep the warheads separate. Already mated warheads atleast in a few missiles would mean retaliation in minutes and not hours.
Indias goal is not to destroy any underground silos as we are not going to strike first. We will only launch if we are struck. For that we don't need megaton bombs. India's retaliation will be only on population centers. We don't need megaton bombs. A 13 KT bomb took out 70,000 immediately and hundreds of thousands more subsequently.That - and to take out large missile bases with multiple missile Silos deep inside the ground. A Megaton device exploding a few meters above ground will gouge a crater the size of a few football fileds and destroy the underground Silos nearby - anything around it will be incinerated or charred beyond use.
I can't even come out of toilet in a minute, no one expects retaliation in a minute. But 60 minutes is too long. By the time missiles are mated and ready to launch the enemy might launch a second wave of Nukes.We don't need to retaliate in a minute. It gives us time to chose our target and destroy it completely, I mean it's population. That is the essence of deterrence. Unacceptable damage. Whereas the one who strikes first will have to spend more nukes and conventional strikes to take out our arsenal. It makes them open to our attack.
If the soviet or US launched at us, we would be finished. Our deterrence is not against them but Pak and China. Even if we take half a day it does not matter. What we need is maximum damage in retaliationI can't even come out of toilet in a minute, no one expects retaliation in a minute. But 60 minutes is too long. By the time missiles are mated and ready to launch the enemy might launch a second wave of Nukes.
In the Soviet US context I think missiles on either sides were supposed to be launched even when the enemy missiles are in the air before reaching target.
That is where threat perception directives come in picture. As the threat levels increases, readiness codes are released for strategic forces to act accordingly. That prepares alert conditions similar to what US DEFCON is. Indian equivalents are ranging from FADE OUT to COCKED PISTOL.That still does not explain the need to keep the warheads separate. Already mated warheads atleast in a few missiles would mean retaliation in minutes and not hours.
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