[Tennessee_Bob]

and that the FBI had checked all their torpedo tubes and all their missile silos to make sure they had all the missiles on board that they had when they left port.

Hmmm....how many aircraft have been shot down with torpedoes? For that matter, how many have been shot down with Tomahawks and Harpoons?

I'd like to hear what the submariners here think of the Navy fellow's terminology, and whether that's what they call being outside on the hull or on the sail.

[Magician]

I believe that the Navy now has an antiaircraft missile that can be launched from the torpedo tubes, so it is usable on existing subs. The subs need antiaircraft capabilities to take out an enemy ASW aircraft that might be hunting them.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I have posted on this forum several times about a student I had in a class I taught that was the one on a sub in the Navy in the position of "locking on" targets in the area 800 went down, and they would practice by locking onto commercial aircraft. he said it was only one more step to fire. I am not saying that is the case in this, but it was not a center tank aircraft failure that caused it. There *may* be some NTSB agents have never SEEN an airplane before becoming an investigator ;)

[VectoRama]

Hmmm....how many aircraft have been shot down with torpedoes? For that matter, how many have been shot down with Tomahawks and Harpoons?

Reread the report. It does not say a submarine fired a missile.