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Relying solely on land- or sea-launched missiles for mainland strikes may prove to be destabilizing in a crisis, whereas stealthy manned bombers that can be recalled can serve to hold major targets at risk while preserving operational flexibility.

The Growing Threat From China's Air Force Michael Auslin 2011

Relying solely on land- or sea-launched missiles for mainland strikes may prove to be destabilizing in a crisis, whereas stealthy manned bombers that can be recalled can serve to hold major targets at risk while preserving operational flexibility.

Watch Out for China's Air Force Michael Auslin 2011

Gortney said further strikes on the scale of Saturday's heavy assault with sea-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles may not be needed.

U.S.: Assault on Libya inflicts heavy damage 2011

Subsequently, the U.S. completed 67 water-supported launches, ending as recently as 1980; the U.S.S.R. had two similar programs; and Iran itself has sea-launched from a barge in the Caspian.

The Mortal Threat From Iran Mark Helprin 2012

I mean if we lack deep-strike capacity for only a few years, and maintain reasonable levels of either transparency or espionage, surely it would take long enough for a potential adversary to prep an invasion/strike force that we would have enough warning to do something about it (like lease some hardware or find a way to strap some bigger sea-launched stuff to the subs)?

Cheeseburger Gothic » Prepping for Pucka. 2010

In 1986, denouncing Gaddafi as "the mad dog of the Middle East" and following aerial dogfights over the Gulf of Sirte, Ronald Reagan sent flights of sea-launched cruise missiles slamming into Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli.

Gaddafi: a vicious, sinister despot driven out on tidal wave of hatred 2011

The White House site states, in part: "A combined limit of 800 deployed and non-deployed ICBM [inter-continental ballistic missile] launchers, SLBM [sea-launched ballistic missile] launchers, and heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments; a separate limit of 700 deployed ICBMs, deployed SLBMs, and deployed heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments."

The New Start Treaty Ignores Most Nuclear Weapons 2010

But Washington seems to support Israel's insistence that it cannot live under the possible future threat of Iranian nuclear weapons -- if ever developed -- even though Israel has now deployed an indestructible nuclear triad of land, air and sea-launched nuclear weapons and an effective, layered anti-missile system that is better than anything the US currently fields.

Eric Margolis: Obama's Big Mideast Push 2009

Israel, the primary target for any Iranian nuclear strike, has an indestructible triad of air, missile and sea-launched nuclear weapons pointed at Iran.

Eric Margolis: The American Rome Is Burning - So Let's Attack Iran 2009

Israel, the primary target for any Iranian nuclear strike, has an indestructible triad of air, missile and sea-launched nuclear weapons pointed at Iran.

HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH News from Mad Plato 2009