How many torpedoes would we shoot?
As many as it takes. There is guidance on this subject, but I cannot elaboarate here.
Just keep in mind that all but three US submarines have only 4 horizontal tubes...how long do you think it takes to secure from a launch and load another 21' long weapon (and that's if we don't care about keeping the wire)? When you're talking about the possibility of other platforms out there, care for your own survivability dictates that you use the minimum necessary force when you are faced with limited reload capacity. That is a question of submarine warfare that has been faced since the beginning...how many weapons should I shoot? The purpose of better weapons is to eliminate the need for 'shotgunning' or overkill. We have built weapons that are survivable and intelligent enough in their own right that they allow us to run away. "He who shoots first dies last."
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