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Old 11th Jun 2004, 20:41
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Tomahawk-N as UK nuclear deterrent

Someone has already looked into this...

http://www.stormingmedia.us/54/5459/A545953.html

Tomahawk data

http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/T/Tomahawk-missile.htm

another site quotes

"because of the similarities between SSGNs and SSBNs, friends and foes will be unable to tell initially whether a missile launch involves a conventional Tomahawk cruise missile or a nuclear-armed Trident."

I imagine one disincentive for Tomahawk-N is that it's even harder to determine whether an inbound Tomahawk is nuclear or not, thus creating the possibility of mistaken retaliation.

http://www.thebulletin.org/issues/nu...3nukenote.html
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