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To: davisfh
Sixty-eight meters is just a shade over 223 feet. Very few nukes would fit into that machine.

The general unclassified thought from a number of sources is that the submarine has several larger torpedo tubes, through which Israeli nuclear-armed cruise missiles can be launched.

7 posted on 02/21/2012 9:07:33 AM PST by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist

Israel has adapted the Harpoon as a torpedo tube-launched strategic weapon with the extra special warhead.

Their version is the Popeye if memory serves.


9 posted on 02/21/2012 9:14:02 AM PST by RitchieAprile
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