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Old 09-09-2019, 09:13 PM
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Iceland may have fallen to the Soviets but the waters around it and across the North Atlantic are going to be heavily dominated by US/UK submarines. They are the two best submarines fleets in the world and are better trained than the Soviets, and their latest boats are also better than anything what the Soviet have. About this time the US Navy had about 90 tactical submarines excluding boomers, and all of them are nuclear. The UK also had 28 tactical submarines with two thirds of them nuclear. The North Atlantic is going to be the dominant theatre for naval operations in your scenario and half of that submarines fleet is going to be in the Atlantic. That's about 60 submarines and probably the best ones that both the US and Britain have and also throw in the Canadians. Any Soviet convoy heading across to North America would have to have been guarded by major Soviet surface forces and submarines, and even then the casualty rates would be catastrophic.
do not forget about IO, Med, and Vietnam you will have to keep and eye on and defending Philippines and down under. that will cut the numbers on patrol. only about 1/3 are on active patrol. you will have 1/3 going on station or coming off and the last 1/3 is under repair or servicing.
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