2007-09-23 13:09:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
They have at least three according to the US Navy. There are currently only three nations with deployed submarines capable of launching nuclear cruise missiles; The US, Russia and Israel, pretty elite club I'd say.
2007-09-23 13:24:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They won't tell anyone -- they've never even officially confirmed that they have nuclear weapons.
But sub-launched nuclear missiles are a higher level of complexity than ground-launched missiles -- because of the miniaturization required for many of the components. So, it is possible that they haven't developed that technology yet.
On the other hand -- the fact that a few years ago they started buying larger submarines from other countries -- so that they had a wide range of different sub types -- indicates an intent to expand into that arena.
The bottom line is that nobody (outside their govt) is sure -- but it could be as many as a half-dozen.
2007-09-23 13:19:42 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every countries submarines and their operations (ie. how close they been caught off our coasts, etc.) are classified top-secret so we will probably never know for sure.
2007-09-23 13:27:10 · answer #3 · answered by HP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-09-23 13:13:20 · answer #4 · answered by 1st Buzie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically three.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_class_submarine
Though we will never know for sure if they have been retrofitted for nukes and carry them.
2007-09-23 15:38:07 · answer #5 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea right like anyone on Yahoo would or could answer that
2007-09-23 13:17:40 · answer #6 · answered by tap158 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋