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To: LS

Wow. No wonder a Russian submariner would prefer to operate an LA class sub rather than a decrepit Alfa or Mike class boat any day.


47 posted on 01/23/2010 2:39:37 PM PST by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: myknowledge

Remember how the Soviets “beat” us in space with one man, then two? When we beat them with Apollo, they tried to put up a “three man capsule” by (I kid you not) bolting a wooden chair in between their two seats in the two-man capsule!!


56 posted on 01/23/2010 3:19:19 PM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: myknowledge
Oh, LOL, the Titanic was double hulled, too.
58 posted on 01/23/2010 3:19:56 PM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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