#Third war for armageddon upgrade#

The Navy has 14 Ohio-class submarines that pack the Trident ballistic missile that can be outfitted with a nuclear warhead.ДЇinally, on the air, the Air ForceвЂ™s B-52 Stratofortress and B-2 Spirit bombers can either launch nuclear missiles or drop nuclear bombs. On the sea, the Ohio-lass ballistic sub is the main nuclear option.

#Third war for armageddon upgrade#

The Pentagon is looking to upgrade its ICMB arsenal and replace the aging LGM-30G Minuteman IIIs with newer missiles by 2029. Approximately 400 ICBMs are on constant standby to respond to an attack. Each LGM-30G Minuteman III packs either a W87 or W78 nuclear warhead with a yield of between 300 to 350 kilotons-the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki in 1945 had a yield of 21 kilotons. On land, the LGM-30G Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) is the primary weapon of choice to deliver a nuclear strike. military, the Air Force and Navy are responsible for most of the nuclear strike options. Moreover, subs are stealthy by design and can creep much closer to a hostile country and launch a surprise attack in the event of a war. In that case, a submarineВ packing nuclear warheads could survive the initial attack and deliver a вЂњsecond strikeвЂќ once the nuclear dust has settled. The guiding philosophy behind the nuclear triad concept is that ground-launched ballistic missiles are responsive, submarine-launched ballistic missiles survivable, and air-launched nuclear munitions flexible.ДЇor example, suppose a nuclear war broke out and countries started lobbing nuclear missiles at each other. In the first one would be countries that have nuclear munitions and some way of launching them (usually by ballistic missiles) whereas in the second category would be the countries that possess the coveted Nuclear triad, meaning that they can launch nuclear weapons from land, air, and sea, making them the ultimate nuclear powers. Indeed, nuclear militaries can be broken down into two categories.

But although nine countries have nuclear weapons, not all are created equal.