I will say, it's unclear if they are currently equipped with single warheads or MIRVs.
Even if each missile had 3 independent targetable warheads you still need multiple subs.
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I will say, it's unclear if they are currently equipped with single warheads or MIRVs.
Even if each missile had 3 independent targetable warheads you still need multiple subs.
spat
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The Ohios carry 24 missiles.
Each missile has 8-12 independently targetable warheads.
UGM-133 Trident II - Wikipedia UGM-133 Trident II - Wikipedia
That's up to 288 warheads from a single Ohio. Each warhead can be targeted independently.
288 warheads is more than enough to put an end to Iran as a society.
We have 14 SSBN Ohios. Each capable of laying waste to an entire continent.
They are slowly being replaced by the Colombias.
spat
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The Tridents IIs can carry as many as 12 warheads each.
It's possible we have them loaded down to singles. But they're also quite capable of carrying 288 warheads per boat and launching them all to different targets within a span of a few minutes.
They fly in at a high hypersonic velocity (Mach 20+) and hit their target within just a few minutes of launch.
Iran would completely cease to exist literally before they even knew what was happening.
Guess you don't know how things escalate.
spat
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I am familiar with how it's happened before.
But this isn't the assassination of Ferdinand.
Iran has no allies to drag into the fight with them.
In order to escalate into a world war you need allies on *both* sides of the conflict.
Now, Iran may be able to create plenty more enemies (and they seem to be doing a very good job of that), they have no allies to call on, and no potential allies that even *might* want a part of this.
So, how do you think this could escalate to anything but Iran alone vs us and whoever else wants in ?