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Global Prompt Strike: Is ICBM The Answer?

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IDGA Editor
09/27/2010

Imagine a scenario when word travels from the US Intelligence until it reaches the White House that North Korea is preparing a Nuclear Launch. Off the coast of California a US nuclear powered Ohio class submarine prepares to launch a Trident II ICBM once the President gives the go-ahead signal. As soon as the order comes the submarine launches the Trident II. It ascends for thousands of miles travelling at speeds of over 20,000 feet/sec. While dangling in space, the Trident's four warhead...
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