From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m11plx6lkz.fsf@void.com...   
      
   I attended the launch of this early nuclear cruise missile sub  and was   
   drenched by the splash when it hit the water.   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Growler_(SSG-577)   
      
   They slide out of the construction shed rapidly at a fairly steep angle.   
   https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=14698   
   The dark rectangle at lower right is the end of viewing area.   
      
   The missile:   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSM-N-8_Regulus   
      
   Unlike the USA, Russia can be attacked from nearby land so they would need   
   longer ranged cruise missiles than we do. The problem becomes remote   
   guidance that can't be jammed, or worse spoofed as R. V. Jones did during   
   WW2 to misguide German night bombers and missiles away from their targets.   
   It would be unfortunate to target Miami but nuke Havana instead.   
      
   The US achieves similar objectives by different approaches so you can't   
   compare systems head to head. Similarly the Germans hyped the effects of   
   their V-1 and V-2 missiles as if they were a match for the bomber offensive,   
   while actually they all added up to only one day + night Allied bomb load.   
      
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