To: Doohickey; judicial meanz; submarinerswife; PogySailor; chasio649; gobucks; Bottom_Gun; Dog Gone; ..
Steel-Eyed Killers of the Deep (((PING!)))
In a report to Congress in March 2004, the Navy projected that it would need a fleet of 55 nuclear-powered attack submarines in 2024. A year later, the Navy lowered the projection to 45. By May, Admiral Vern Clark, who was then the chief of naval operations, said he wanted 41. Others now talk of a fleet in the 30's. It has been 16 years since the Berlin Wall fell,...
56 posted on
08/22/2005 5:18:00 PM PDT by
IonImplantGuru
("Me? You talking to me? You talkin' to me? Then [BLEEP]... Well, I'm the only one here.")
To: IonImplantGuru
The closing of Groton would save 1.6 billion over 20 years. Hmmmmm.....$1.6 divided by 20 = $800,000 a year....hmmmm...I bet congress procures more than that yearly to protect a Kangaroo rat.
Put the Seawolf on the endangered species list!
58 posted on
08/22/2005 6:52:09 PM PDT by
BIGLOOK
(I once opposed keelhauling but recently have come to my senses.)
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