Sunshine (she/her) to [email protected] • 2 years agoFrench nuclear attack submarine surfaces at Halifax, Nova Scotia, after Trump threatens to annex Canada (March 10)lemmy.caimagemessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1970arrow-down132
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoWhat’s the point of these submarines if there aren’t nukes on them?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 years agoto demonstrate (politely) how quickly and quietly they can appear when we need them to. without endangering anyone or raising alarms that allow trump and co to rattle their sabers
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoi like it, we should be like - “maybe we have nukes, maybe we dont. you wont know until its too late”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoI guess they could use them as a regular strategic missile platform.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoNuclear submarines are powered-by nuclear power, they aren’t necessarily platforms for nuclear weapons.
What’s the point of these submarines if there aren’t nukes on them?
There’s a dismantled trebuchet on board.
to demonstrate (politely) how quickly and quietly they can appear when we need them to. without endangering anyone or raising alarms that allow trump and co to rattle their sabers
i like it, we should be like - “maybe we have nukes, maybe we dont. you wont know until its too late”
To shoot at the ones with nukes on them?
I guess they could use them as a regular strategic missile platform.
Nuclear submarines are powered-by nuclear power, they aren’t necessarily platforms for nuclear weapons.