America Gearing Up Their Nuclear Armed Submarine Forces Off The Coast Of China

"Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary." ~ Atal Bihari Vajpayee

"We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence." ~ John Spratt

"That's a point that Dan Ellsberg has made for years. He said it's kind of like if you and I go into a grocery store to rob it, and I have a gun. The guy may give you the money in the cash register. I'm using the gun even if I don't shoot. Well that's nuclear weapons - essential to post-war deterrence - they cast a shadow over everything." ~ Noam Chomsky

In the black depths of the world's oceans, nuclear-capable submarines prowl quietly off the shores of North America and China, reminding one of the deadly logic of nuclear deterrence. Their purpose is not merely military, but existential, based on the capacity to annihilate whole human societies and populations in case of war.

With second-strike survivability as the focus of their mission, these submarines ensure that even in the case of a surprise attack on a nation's land-based weapons and their elimination, there would remain a counterstrike that is destructive. This logic of assured retaliation places the submarines in the role of both defense and potential doomsday.

Their closeness to adversaries increases the frequency with which ballistic missiles can strike targets, into a matter of minutes and posing the risk of immediate and unstoppable destruction.

This contributes to mutual deterrence, as both are forced to consider the apocalyptic consequences of any nuclear action. The submarines themselves are powerful symbols, not just of weapons, but of seriousness, readiness, and capability of destroying each nuclear nation.

Their presence down the waters carries an secret message, the price of escalation is less than the price of civilization in collapse.

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