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Byron Dorgan: “Let us assume a captain of a Typhoon submarine goes half wacko somewhere out in the ocean and launches the entire supply…”

On the recordJune 18, 1996
Let us assume a captain of a Typhoon submarine goes half wacko somewhere out in the ocean and launches the entire supply of warheads on that submarine, which is 200 warheads, ICBM's, sea-launched ICBM's against this country. That is a rogue threat. There is nothing proposed by anyone, that I am aware of, nothing under any condition or any system or any bizarre scheme I am aware of that is going to protect this country against that large a threat, is that correct?
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing national security threats related to nuclear submarines.

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