tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post4056818684008612529..comments2024-03-29T13:09:31.522+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Strategic reaction to inter-state war crisis situationsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-3091313745817103772014-03-14T23:23:05.371+01:002014-03-14T23:23:05.371+01:00I'll see when I dug up the book.
But the gener...I'll see when I dug up the book.<br />But the general example stands; there was too damn little time to react prior to impact. And once the nukes impacted it might take some time till a response was possible again (communications, dust clouds over silos et cetera).S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-83130180819101306572014-03-14T23:04:32.809+01:002014-03-14T23:04:32.809+01:00OK, warning time, not flight time then.OK, warning time, not flight time then.So?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-6525856282494060312014-03-14T15:47:57.700+01:002014-03-14T15:47:57.700+01:00You seem to be right, and though I can't find ...You seem to be right, and though I can't find the book right now I'm still sure it was about seven minutes warning time for the assumed scenario. Maybe it was an Arctic SSBN's SLBM, though.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-1766853100273934372014-03-14T09:43:37.897+01:002014-03-14T09:43:37.897+01:00Scientists calculated during the 70's that a S...<i>Scientists calculated during the 70's that a Soviet first strike with intercontinental missiles could reach Washington DC within about seven minutes</i><br /><br />This doesn't sound right to me. I think it was more like 30 minutes. I remember American SLBMs launched on a depressed trajectory close to the Soviet North Shore that had sub-10 minute flight times and were therefore such a headache to Soviet planners. Soviet subs could of course sail almost all the way to Washington, but they were rarely as brazen as the American ones, preferring to sail close to home waters.So?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-12226803403186784602014-03-11T19:51:43.871+01:002014-03-11T19:51:43.871+01:00For a little humor, if World War I was a bar fight...For a little humor, if World War I was a bar fight:<br /><br />http://neveryetmelted.com/2014/03/10/if-wwi-was-a-barfight/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com