Therefore, the US can nuke an SLBM launch platform (i.e.,
an enemy nuclear submarine carrying missiles) without it being a weapon of mass destruction because it's used against a military target.
Not exact matches
According to a Kremlin translation (PDF) of Putin's remarks, he said the autonomous drone would quietly travel to «great depths,» move faster than a
submarine or boat, «have hardly any vulnerabilities for the
enemy to exploit,» and «carry massive
nuclear ordnance.»
Designed to chase down and destroy double - hulled
nuclear submarines, the MK 50 was created to get past torpedo countermeasures and kill the
enemy, even in shallow water.
If the
submarine does nothing and there is a
nuclear war that already started, then the
enemy ships will probably be able to destroy it.