- The US had better submarine-launched ballistic missiles and operated close to Soviet waters; by contrast the Soviet Union needed to sneak past NATO and other US allies in order to get to patrol areas. The priorities are different.
- The main producer of titanium in those years was the Soviet Union, and the US maintained a strategic reserve of the metal, which had uses in airplane building.
- The US had better submarine-launched ballistic missiles and operated close to Soviet waters; by contrast the Soviet Union needed to sneak past NATO and other US allies in order to get to patrol areas. The priorities are different.
- The main producer of titanium in those years was the Soviet Union, and the US maintained a strategic reserve of the metal, which had uses in airplane building.