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Alternatives to Trident:About 12x SSGNs with nuclear Tomahawks/equivalent, each with two crews, dedicated to the deterrent mission. More boats needed due to shorter range weapons, meaning more time spent getting to Alert Patrol area and less time in the patrol area for the same length of time at sea. (See also how US deterrent went from 41 SSBNs to 18 when Trident came online). This means 8x more reactors built and 16x more crews found and trained.If you drop the second crew, you will need 2x more SSGNs. Typical single crew deployment is 6 months out, 6 months in refit, 6 months in work-ups, cycle repeats; 12 ships needed to have 3 at sea. Typical dual crew deployment is 3 months out on blue crew, one month in while both crews and the shipyard do refit, 3 months out on gold crew, one month in while both crews and shipyard do refit, cycle repeats; 4 ships needed to have 3 at sea.IRBM based on Polaris, rolling around in trucks like Midgetman. Might be cheaper, but also invites more nuclear attacks on UK soil to destroy UK missiles. Requires significant investment in troops to escort the launchers, and requires at least 2x as many trucks and escorts as missiles to have decoys.(edit for spelling)
Alternatives to Trident:
About 12x SSGNs with nuclear Tomahawks/equivalent, each with two crews, dedicated to the deterrent mission. More boats needed due to shorter range weapons, meaning more time spent getting to Alert Patrol area and less time in the patrol area for the same length of time at sea. (See also how US deterrent went from 41 SSBNs to 18 when Trident came online). This means 8x more reactors built and 16x more crews found and trained.
If you drop the second crew, you will need 2x more SSGNs. Typical single crew deployment is 6 months out, 6 months in refit, 6 months in work-ups, cycle repeats; 12 ships needed to have 3 at sea. Typical dual crew deployment is 3 months out on blue crew, one month in while both crews and the shipyard do refit, 3 months out on gold crew, one month in while both crews and shipyard do refit, cycle repeats; 4 ships needed to have 3 at sea.
IRBM based on Polaris, rolling around in trucks like Midgetman. Might be cheaper, but also invites more nuclear attacks on UK soil to destroy UK missiles. Requires significant investment in troops to escort the launchers, and requires at least 2x as many trucks and escorts as missiles to have decoys.
(edit for spelling)
