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Assuming Polaris A1s with the ugly CEP of 1nmi at 1400nmi range, I'd want to do everything I could to reduce that. Much shorter range shots, none of this max range shots nonsense like with nukes. Not like either the Russians or Chinese had any decent number of ASW assets in the South China Sea or around the Philippines.Max of about a 350nmi shot, if the A1 guidance is capable of depressed trajectory. If not, have to do a "high jump" type shot where you have the missile burn more energy in the climb up and quickly turn over. That short range/time of flight should get the CEP down to 500yards, which may be good enough for ~700lbs of tungsten darts inside a standard Mk1 RBA and a small bursting charge to break open the RBA at ~20kft. That is about like setting the normal Polaris to airburst, so could use the existing sensors.It'd be a way of using up the Polaris A1s as A2s (half the CEP and slightly more range) or A3s (67% more range and 3x MRVs instead of unitary) came online.
Assuming Polaris A1s with the ugly CEP of 1nmi at 1400nmi range, I'd want to do everything I could to reduce that. Much shorter range shots, none of this max range shots nonsense like with nukes. Not like either the Russians or Chinese had any decent number of ASW assets in the South China Sea or around the Philippines.
Max of about a 350nmi shot, if the A1 guidance is capable of depressed trajectory. If not, have to do a "high jump" type shot where you have the missile burn more energy in the climb up and quickly turn over. That short range/time of flight should get the CEP down to 500yards, which may be good enough for ~700lbs of tungsten darts inside a standard Mk1 RBA and a small bursting charge to break open the RBA at ~20kft. That is about like setting the normal Polaris to airburst, so could use the existing sensors.
It'd be a way of using up the Polaris A1s as A2s (half the CEP and slightly more range) or A3s (67% more range and 3x MRVs instead of unitary) came online.
