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So if we’re going to resort to splitting hairs, let’s do it right.
No- America does not have enough “missles” to kill everyone in America. However the number they can kill would be FAR greater than one percent, as one percent of America is only three point three million people. The population of New York alone is eight point eight million.
So, if the military simply just sent one or two Trident II D5s per city, it would wipe out any potential resistances that could even stand a snowball’s chance in Florida.
Now, that’s just New York.
The U.S. has fourteen Ohio-class submarines. Each capable of carrying a maximum of twenty Trident II D5 missiles, for a total of two hundred and eighty deployed missiles.
So let’s say we sent two per major US city. That’s one hundred and forty major US cities of their choosing- Wiped out. Gone.
The only half-assed winning strategy here would be to amass said resistance in the heart of every red state.
Hope this helps.
I did say unless you include nukes.
And my point was that they don’t even need them to shut that shit down.
Two non nukes per city would be barely a scratch. Maybe a few thousand people per city if you hit the most densly populated spot.
Look up what a Trident 2 D5 can do.
Everything I see talks about it being nuclear. So no source on what it can do with a non nuclear payload. But I feel confident it is less than MOAB. And that can't kill to many.
Point being if they went nuclear, even the smallest ones would take a lot of people out. And what you’re reading is wrong. But let’s continue to split hairs.
Don’t believe me. I don’t really give a shit because I won’t be a part of any of it either way.
The difference between nukes and non nukes is splitting hairs? I think you mean atoms.
Thats like salting then bleaching the plants in your garden because butterflies disturb you. You can do it to show how powerful you are but you're really doing more damage to yourself.