Alex WellersteinVerified account

Nice article. Wouldn't forcing Growler to dive also disable the Regulus navigation system? Greatest misguidance was USAF SLAM missile concept, a flying nuclear propulsion reactor that would radioactively fry anything near it as it could fly globally, while dropping nuclear bombs.

That depends - there were also two Fleet boats with missile guidance equipment that were deployed with the SSG's. They would operate cooperatively to guide the missile to the target.

Equally vulnerable targets, with no ability to hide in short-range Regulus nuclear attacks on heavily defended Soviet military bases of that time.