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by mike_d 2213 days ago
> each from 400 undisclosed locations

A point of clarification, submarines are the only nuclear platform with "undisclosed locations." It is trivial for a nation-state to observe the construction and fitment of a fixed ICBM placement, or track the movements of a truck/rail mounted launcher.
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varjag 2213 days ago
It is certainly not trivial, and definitely out of reach of most nation states out there.

I'm sure U.S. at least tries to keep track of Russian mobile launchers, but to which degree it is successful we wouldn't know for sure. And pretty certain Russia would have problems live tracking launch vehicles (if the USA had any).

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imtringued 2213 days ago
What prevents the usage of decoy trucks?
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