'Kay. So. Most awesome thing ever:
So take one of the six Soviet Project 941 Акула-class (NATO TYPHOON) SSBNs. Probably one of the three that were scrapped in reality by the
Now a word on the Project 941. Like many other Soviet submarines, she is really better designed than a U.S. Navy boat- three times the reserve buoyancy of an Ohio-class (SSBN 726) [the comparable generation U.S.N. missile boat], better streamlining [*cough*sail*cough], and, quite frankly, a far more innovative design. All of these are common threads in
Now, with that in mind, let's go back to '90s-era
Provided with the boat are a full loadout of twenty-two USET-
Now, by whatever means (I dunno, agreeing to re-join the unified NATO command structure a decade early, or something) they acquire 20 Trident D-5s, complete with full W-88 MIRV loadout [hey hey HEY, France is TOTALY AWESOME enough to get their hands on top-secret U.S. technology].
Wanna guess what they do with the Tridents? Here's a hint, in the form of the dimensions of the Trident D-5 and the R-39R:
Trident D-5: Length,
R-39R: Length,
The missile tubes on the Project 941 are large enough to accommodate the R-39R. Go back and read those dimensions again.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, but I haven't gotten to the best part yet. The French Navy christens her the
If you'll excuse me, gentle reader, my brain is melting from the awesome. Although you probably can't excuse me, as yours is too.
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