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Inspired by a previous thread by Polish Eagle regarding US ICBM/Cruise missile forces development.

These are the total number of warheads fielded by the US in Dec 1987 minus ALCM/GLGM courtesy of Salamander-Illustrated Guide to Strategic Weapons.

ICBM's

Minuteman II . . . . . . . 442
Minuteman III . . . . . 1,608
Peacekeeper . . . . . . . .140

SLBM's

Poseidon C-3 . . . . . . 2,560
Trident I C-4 . . . . . . 3,072

Total . . . . . . . . . . . 7,822

What if the US removed their possible first strike capability (although they never implied they had one) and replaced all their ICBM's with SLBM's carried on a extra 11 Ohio class SSBN's to give a new total of 7,822 warheads carried on extra Trident D II's to give a full fleet of 41 SSBN's.

Would this be plausible?

Would the US go for this option of going for a full secondary strike capability?

Regards filers.
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