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To: caww
... plus seventeen other ships and three submarines passed through the Aegean sea this afternoon.

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The submarines each have twenty four missile silos, with each silo housing a missile armed with eight separate nuclear warheads which operate as MIRV's (Multiple Independent Re-Entry Vehicles) that can be independently targeted.

I seriously doubt they are sending Ohio class SSBNs to tag along with a carrier battle group. The carrier will be escorted by fast attack subs. The SSBNs don't need to be with the battle group; they can launch their ICBMs from pretty much anywhere in the world.

78 posted on 03/04/2014 4:17:04 AM PST by Pan_Yan (Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
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79 posted on 03/04/2014 4:18:42 AM PST by Rutabega (If you don't want me in your personal affairs, don't stick your hand out for my help.)
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To: Pan_Yan

Yes, See my remarks above about the F-22s. However wrote that piece doesn’t know crap about the military.


84 posted on 03/04/2014 4:39:47 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
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