Why are submarine launched ICBMs so thick while land launched ICBMs are thin?

Why are submarine launched ICBMs so thick while land launched ICBMs are thin?

  1. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Because submarines are black.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Fpbo

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      kek

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      /thread

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        kek

        Fpbo

        Because submarines are black.

        Begone with your cuck fantasies.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      mutt's law

  2. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    fitment

  3. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    It's not longer diameter, it's shorter length. SLBMs are chodes that have to start right next to the target.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Sub launched ballistic missiles are shorter range. They're actually not ICBMs but SLBMs (Sub launched ballistic missiles) and need to be smaller to fit in the sub. On the flip side, subs can travel so they don't need to cross continents.

      Just make larger submarines

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        Дa Бpeжнeв

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Tridents are shorter than Minuteman.

      If we just use US examples for comparison.

      But Trident is always fatter in diameter.

      They longer the missiles a sub carries the larger in diameter the subs have to be.

      Anyways ranges are similar. Latest Tridents have longer range than older Minuteman while slightly shorter range than newest Minuteman.

      The reason Trident can be stubbier and fatter is the aerospike that reduces drag. Minuteman doesn't need it because it doesn't have length/size restrictions being based in silos, so they can make them longer.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      TRIDENT D5 = 7,500 estimated mile range

      Right next to the target. Okay, dumb anon.

  4. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >ground launched
    >big space
    >SLBM
    >small space
    Comprende?

  5. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Sub launched ballistic missiles are shorter range. They're actually not ICBMs but SLBMs (Sub launched ballistic missiles) and need to be smaller to fit in the sub. On the flip side, subs can travel so they don't need to cross continents.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Trident II D5 has a range of ~7500km to ~13500km depending on how many warheads you want to put on it.

      That's well within the category of a "real" ICBM by definition.

      Just because some modern SLBMs can only go ~500km doesn't mean that's what the US's SLBMs can do.

      > An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than 5,500 kilometres

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        pic related

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          Neat, never seen a chart like that. It helps explain why the US was so willing to go down to 6-4 MIRVs per Trident for the last real nuke treaty

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        >Just because some modern SLBMs can only go ~500km
        kek was that a jab at the south korean SLBMs?

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          There's only three countries SK would want to hit and 500km is enough to reach the majority of them without a long trip.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          Smaller missiles for smaller submarines.

          Shorter ranges for a country whose main threats are right next door.

          Makes sense.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      SLBM's are a subset of ICBM's fucktardo.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        They are a subset of ballistic missiles but since they can't fire continent to continent they can't be called Intercontinental ballistic missiles.

        Prove me wrong.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          Wrong

          > Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM): Range from 300 to 1,000 kilometres

          > Medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM): Range from 1,000 to 3,500 kilometres

          > Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) or long-range ballistic missile (LRBM): Range from 3,500 to 5,500 kilometres

          > Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM): Range greater than 5,500 kilometres

          SLBMs can be ANY of those as long as they're launched from a submarine.

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            Both Russian and US SLBMs can be launched while moored pierside and strike the other's continent. They are truly "intercontinental" ballistic missiles.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          but they can fire ocean to ocean

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        Not always, see

        https://i.imgur.com/qX5miNV.png

        >Just because some modern SLBMs can only go ~500km
        kek was that a jab at the south korean SLBMs?

        An SLBM is ANY ballistic missile that is submarine-launched.

        The most notable SLBMs happen to ICBMs, but there are SRBM SLBMs, MRBM SLBMs, and IRBM/LRBM SLBMs.

  6. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    because length is a more serious restriction in a submarine than width. if you make the missile longer you have to make THE WHOLE submarine wider (or only carry them in the sail). if you make the missiles wider the only thing that happens is you carry slightly fewer missiles or your sub is longer, which is much easier to accommodate.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >his country doesn’t have skyscraper sized submarines
      ngmi

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        we do, though.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          >Different organizations from the United States and Europe define skyscrapers as buildings at least 150 m (490 ft) in height or taller
          huh

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous
        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          >MBAs
          >When will they learn?

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        The proportional difference between the people in the bridge and the trucks loading supplies onto the sub irritates me like crazy

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        looks like venture bros

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      What if you built the silos along the length of the submarine, and for launch you flipped the submarine to stand on its tail?

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        what if you didn't ask a retarded question?

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          What if you shut the fuck up?

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            what if you killed yourself?
            >andwer:
            the thread would get better.

  7. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    I know it’s impractical but I want there to be satellites launched to orbit from submarines. And aircraft carrier subs. Maybe a sub that launches spaceplanes for fractional bombardment or ASAT purposes.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      >And aircraft carrier subs
      was a thing, japan made a couple during wwii. I wish they'd come back now that subs are so much larger and we have vtol planes and helicopters

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        This is possible now a days due to the compactness of drones and the ease of recovery for them. Subs are already moving towards having underwater drones anyway to help with detection and attack.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          https://i.imgur.com/5bxtI6q.jpg

          >And aircraft carrier subs
          was a thing, japan made a couple during wwii. I wish they'd come back now that subs are so much larger and we have vtol planes and helicopters

          >fighter sweep moves in to clear airspace for strike
          >enemy scrambles appropriate number of fighters to counter
          >suddenly one gajirrion drones launch from the sea and the scrambled fighters are outnumbered
          Sounds pretty effective.

  8. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >Why are missiles supposed to fit into a submarine shaped like they are supposed to fit into a submarine
    don't ever have kids, anon

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      because length is a more serious restriction in a submarine than width. if you make the missile longer you have to make THE WHOLE submarine wider (or only carry them in the sail). if you make the missiles wider the only thing that happens is you carry slightly fewer missiles or your sub is longer, which is much easier to accommodate.

      Somehow the only correct answers ITT.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        There's like only 10% of posters on this board who have an actual brain, education and skills. Sometimes, it feels like being a westerner surrounded by russians

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        you're a short missile

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Can you be in the missile compartment when launching a missile?

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        it would be extremely painful

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        It would be extremely painful.

  9. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    submarine not too tall

  10. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    It doesn’t really matter where you are in the world, you are in range of at least one of the boats deployed. The only reason we go out is so no one can kill all the US nukes before we glass their country.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Must be an east coast boomer..

  11. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Solids are fat, the burn duration of a solid rocket motor is usually proportionate to its thiccness. Any ICBM is most efficiently got into near-orbit with continuous burn of several minutes, divide by number of stages and factor radial deflagration rate of propellant and chode is found to be optimal. Similar for Iskander etc.

  12. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    Superiors nations know SSBM lenght limitation is not about hull diameter, but sail height.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      where do u put your bridge?

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      i like the little cutout to make the sub fit in the door

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      On subs like these what do the little holes on the sides do?

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        Probably drain holes so water and air can escape during diving and surfacing operations

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      best korea just unlocked the delta class tech tree. oh no burger bros, the superior koreans are catching up. soon all of california will burn before the mighty kim jong fat

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      The cope hump...

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        please understand, they can't roll steel to a large enough thickness and diameter to make the hull plating if they make it full missile length.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          The Soviets made it work with their later Delta IV design.
          For a Soviet definition 'making it work', which means teh boat didn'T sound like a dump truck full of steel pips, and the missiles only sometimes caught fire before launch.

  13. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    >air to air missile
    >ground to air missile
    >air to ground missile
    >ground to ground missile
    >anti-ship missiles
    >underwater missiles
    when will we have underground to underground missiles?

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      when Underrail becomes reality and the Decent happens.

  14. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    not alot of room in a sub for a missile to stretch out vertically, basically

  15. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    not pointy, boohoo muh scary submarines

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