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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro
As a game player and an arm chair admiral ... I wouldn't be surprised if the Russian submarine fleet stays close to home with any missiles that can go 4,000 nm or so.
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The Russians rely on close-to-home "boomer bastions" since higher ranges of SLBMs allow it. The Kara Sea is a prime example, since there is just a small chance for an enemy sub to breach it thanks to its geographic features.
Additionally, the waters are often shallow in the area, affecting sonar negatively.
Surface and air vessels are no issue either, since there is ice all year around (in the northern parts of the Kara sea at least). Perfect to hide a boomer and let it do its boomer things undisturbed whulezanothet nuclear friend is always close by, watching over it.
Of course, these bastions don't play a role in first-strike scenarios due to range.
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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro
The boomers that is with at least one assigned ssn to guard her, even an old diesel could do that
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Meh, I don't see any diesel guard a SSBN.
While range is no issue per-se, they can't follow under the ice and have to recharge batteries sooner or later with their noisy diesels, only alerting potential hunters in the area. They also can't do any high speed transits if necessary.
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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro
One sad thought though we may never know who is the best or who won the war. The only happy submarine crew will be the ones left alive.
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Sad thought?
Are you feeling depressed lately? Oo
One cannot win a nuclear war - which is why there never was one even in times of highest tensions, because all sides involved know it is a murder-suicide in best case.
I'd also doubt any sub crew surviving could be considered happy. The world just ceased to exist. Everyone they know and loved is now dead, or doomed to die very soon, along with most of human population. The "lucky" survivors sitting in a stupid self made bunker with a flat tv and canned food in Texas will make it a few months before they either run out of food, water or fuel and die either to that, or a self inflicted high velocity wound to the bead.
Those without shelter will see what nuclear winter means, for a while.
Yeah, yeah, that happy submarine crew! xD
Remember:
A strange game.
The only winning move is not to play.