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Pure "informed" speculation on my part but I'm guessing that current arms control negotiations want to go down to 500 or so deployed warheads. 250 on ICBM's 250 on subs in theory. So Trident is much too big a system. You can go down to 1 warhead per D5 but that would be pretty wasteful use of space. However, you will go down to one warhead/D5 until they are replaced. So eight 120" tubes per modified Virgina carrying 3 missiles each or 24 single warhead missiles per sub X 10 subs = 240 warheads?Since the Virginia is meant to be more stealthy in the littorals than an intermediate range SLBM might be all you will need unless the Russians or Chinese develop the ability to track them and then it will be too late. My point being that 500 warheads no matter how you deploy them does not give me confidence that the nuclear deterrent is safe from a counter-force attack.
Pure "informed" speculation on my part but I'm guessing that current arms control negotiations want to go down to 500 or so deployed warheads. 250 on ICBM's 250 on subs in theory. So Trident is much too big a system. You can go down to 1 warhead per D5 but that would be pretty wasteful use of space. However, you will go down to one warhead/D5 until they are replaced. So eight 120" tubes per modified Virgina carrying 3 missiles each or 24 single warhead missiles per sub X 10 subs = 240 warheads?
Since the Virginia is meant to be more stealthy in the littorals than an intermediate range SLBM might be all you will need unless the Russians or Chinese develop the ability to track them and then it will be too late. My point being that 500 warheads no matter how you deploy them does not give me confidence that the nuclear deterrent is safe from a counter-force attack.
