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Originally Posted by dsj Is the ss-25 actually more useful than the peace keepers? It's so far my favourite ICBM, it seems so handy by being able to be trucklaunched no one else can do that in the world. |
It certainly makes a lot of sense for the Russians. On the US side, the role of a mobile and undetectable strategic missile platform is fulfilled by SSBNs. Russian subs were considerably more vulnerable, however, and this made the road- and rail-mobile missiles more of a ncecessity for them.