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Gary,

> accuracy is every thing when you are tossing nukes.

Unfortunately, as Frank already mentioned, accuracy is the most
dangerous development. Missiles of low accuracy can be used only to hit
the cities; they were retaliation weapons, and presumably played a role
of deterrent.
Accurate missiles which are able to strike the silos are offensive
weapons which can be useful only when you strike first.
(You do not want to strike an empty silo).

But submarines still play some deterrence role: you can strike a silo,
but presumably you cannot strike a submerged submarine with modern
technology.
And striking all of them simultaneously is totally hopless.
While ONE of them can destroy your main cities, with its 16 or 24
missiles,
each with multiple individually guided warheads...

So an improved technology of searching submarines would be
a destabilizing factor. This was exactly what most Soviet mathematicians
were doing in 1970-s:-)

Alex.

   

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