A personal naval-architecture objection concerns the possibility that a surfaced missile launch could damage the submarine's hull, unlike a launch after submerging. A viewer counters that future maintenance would matter little once a nuclear exchange had begun. That counterargument is accepted as probably removing the practical concern, while discomfort at deliberately damaging a submarine remains. The conceded last-resort circumstances qualify the objection about damage.
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Pier-side launch raises a personal objection about hull damage
Concern about damage from a surfaced launch is qualified by acceptance that preserving the boat may no longer matter in a nuclear exchange.