“A successful launch of their few "Regulus" guided missiles, from unstable rolling decks on the surface of the Northern Pacific, was unlikely without detection and destruction by the Soviets - unlikely, that is, until five low flying Regulus I cruise missiles with large thermonuclear warheads were put into a big stable nuclear powered submarine. She would be the first naval vessel to sail with so much power in her bowels, both political and thermonuclear. Relatively unheralded, she was the only one of her kind ever built to carry Armageddon to the enemy's homeland.”
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