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China Freaked Out: How the U.S. Navy Surfaced Three Missile Submarines

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May 16, 2021

China Freaked Out: How the U.S. Navy Surfaced Three Missile Submarines

America’s intent in the aftermath of the Chinese tests was to signal U.S. strength with just the right amount and kind of potential force.
by David Axe Follow @daxe on Twitter L

Here's What You Need to Remember: The U.S. Navy’s submarine-launched cruise missiles are less effective — even counterproductive — for crisis stability because they’re invisible -- most of the time.

Nuclear powers rarely go to war with each other, but that doesn’t mean they don’t threaten to do so.

Indeed, military posturing is an integral part of what Forrest Morgan, an analyst for the RAND Corporation, called “crisis stability.” In other words, “building and posturing forces in ways that allow a state, if confronted, to avoid war without backing down.”

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/china-freaked-out-how-us-navy-surfaced-three-missile-submarines-185288

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