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To: Larry Lucido

Nope...the antenna and others are all retracted inside that very strong sail when breaking through. This pic is at the North Pole and it was, as I undertsand, 4 ft of ice the sub broke through.


19 posted on 06/28/2007 9:18:33 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Jeff Head

Nope...the antenna and others are all retracted inside that very strong sail when breaking through. This pic is at the North Pole and it was, as I understand, 4 ft of ice the sub broke through.


That is one awesome pic.

Ad it should have been bleedin’ obvious to me with a moment’s thought to realize that all the prickly bits would be retractable to provide efficient, quiet running.


21 posted on 06/28/2007 9:23:36 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed ("We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them, I won't chip away at them" -Mitt Romney)
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