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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Not exactly a lot of time is it.
I wonder if the shorter ranged missiles with shorter flight times would have been launched at the same time as the ICBMs (thereby potentially giving an earlier warning of attack), or held off until a little later?
There's pros and cons for both approaches I think.
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That's why the Vulcans were designed to be able to take off within two minutes if the crew were on board, Blue Streak got axed and we ultimately bought Polaris then Trident; an undersea deterrent was and is by far the most survivable.
As for the missile launches, I'd imagine SIOP, the Soviet equivalent and their modern successors probably have options for both same time and held off.