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Pac Fleet Tomahawk Missiles

Nancy's briefing crackles with dread as she spotlights Tomahawk missiles—primed steel predators in Pacific Fleet arsenals, their 1,000-pound warheads primed for subsonic, terrain-hugging strikes. Coupled with DSRVs in the USS Portland's risky rescue array, they draw Leo's grim stare and the President's weighted silence, embodying the Yellow Sea blackout's explosive gamble.

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Purpose

Primed component of high-risk submarine rescue apparatus alongside DSRVs

Significance

Heights crisis brinkmanship, forcing restraint against resolve as their deployment risks igniting war over the silent sub's fate—propelling Leo's charge to brief the President.

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S3E6 · Gone Quiet

Leo Uncovers the U.S.S. Portland's Deliberate Silence Off North Korea

50 Tomahawks per Sea Wolf invoked by Nancy as lethal backstop in rescue blueprint; their primed warheads underscore escalation peril, transforming dialogue from query to hair-trigger command threshold.

Before: Loaded in Sea Wolf tubes off Japan

After: Primed for potential launch

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