French nuclear attack submarine surfaces at Halifax, Nova Scotia, after Trump threatens to annex Canada (March 10) - eviltoast
  • jimd@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    What’s the point of these submarines if there aren’t nukes on them?

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 minutes ago

      Nuclear submarines are powered-by nuclear power, they aren’t necessarily platforms for nuclear weapons.

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      14 hours ago

      to demonstrate (politely) how quickly and quietly they can appear when we need them to. without endangering anyone or raising alarms that allow trump and co to rattle their sabers

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        4 hours ago

        i like it, we should be like - “maybe we have nukes, maybe we dont. you wont know until its too late”