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To: Candor7
We do not know what other ships are under the command ships order of sail, but the intimation is that there may be a nuclear sub or two in the mix

It's a violation of the Montreu(sic) Convention for submarines of non Black Sea powers to transit the Turkish straits, and the Turks are pretty anal about that these days. Besides, the straits are narrow, not deep, heavily traveled, and with tricky currents. The Bosporus bisects the city of Istanbul, formerly Constantinople. Hard to sneak much of anything through there. A sub might make it through at night and at periscope depth without being seen, if the Turks looked the other way that is.

106 posted on 08/25/2008 6:26:12 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato
A sub might make it through at night and at periscope depth without being seen, if the Turks looked the other way that is. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Whatever you say! I am not going to loose lip and sink ship.

112 posted on 08/25/2008 9:09:18 PM PDT by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, (Ridicule Obama))
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