I doubt she'll have much deterent effect without nuclear warheads. With eight boats you'll be able to have about three on station with 32 missiles in total. Unless you score an incredibly lucky hit it's simply not going to have much effect if the Soviet Union decides to attack. See it as part of a ...
He was a great man. I really hope there will be a Red Storm Rising movie... I imagine him smoking cigars with Reagan and Churchill in heaven as we speak.....
It´s a big sub for being a SSK/G. But I see the tactics behind the concept. A tactical deterence unit. One of these i enough to cause pain to a Soviet invasionfleet going west. It´s small enough to operate in the Baltic, but still have the range to operate overseas. Against an opponent like Argentin...
On your DDG I would suggest that you move the forward superstructure and the hangar towards eachother. Then remove the aft VLS and put an increased one on the bow. Doing so you create a helideck and hangar that is useful. As it is now i would refuse to land on that little space.