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by dragonwriter 2057 days ago
> So the US Trident II SLBM cocked-locked-ready-to-rock capability is around 1.3K 500KT warheads alone. That's... a lot.

Aside from overstating operational readiness, you also upped the W88 yield from it's actual 455KT and, while most sources do reported that 4-5 warheads per missile is typical, you assumed all in the fleet or W88s, while they seem to be a mix of W88 and 90KT W76.

So it's a lot less ready to go than you've estimated here.

But, OTOH, it's still a lot.