A new mission: Older submarines to be transformed

The Seattle Times ^ | Sunday, April 07, 2002 | Christine Clarridge

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

This is an interesting idea.

But I was thinking about how the reporter admits that only a few dozen people show up to protest the tridents anymore. But she still goes to them for quotes when they do a story on the Tridents.

It makes even more sense, in a numbers way, to go get quotes from an outfit that wants to just nuke all Arab countries right now. There must more people that think that way than are the types that think we are terrorizing other nations by having a Trident sub fleet.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

It looks like the boomer backers have found a way to save there boomers and it just might be cost effective as well.

[backhoe]

Very interesting indeed. I was one of many Trident supporters... way back when.

I note this:

"How many people in our own country would that $4 billion feed? How many schools would it help?"

So the impeachment talking points are being recycled? How lame!

FYI, King's Bay, 25 miles south of me, will be losing 2 Tridents, and while not welcome news to locals, it is somewhat reassuring that some of the old subs will get new missions.

[Squantos]

This presstitute does us a favor IMHO......."milner says 154 missiles in six minutes from 22 tubes" ...........do the math........speed loaders maybe ?:o)

Stay Safe !

[AmericaUnited]

I think it would be cool if they transformed a few into high-end seafood restaurants.

[freeasinbeer]

As the article says, seven missiles per tube.

7 * 22 = 154

[SevenDaysInMay]

The USA needs force projection. We are in for some nasty decades of dangerous low intensity "terror" warfare targetting our infrastructure with desired civilian casualties. To snuff the perps at home, 21st Century battle will be up close and personal. Smart bombs have their place, but nothing quite like finding your cell's leader holding his head in his lap. Tridents will give our guys a good ride to work and home again.

[B4Ranch]

When we get them all 'tuned up', that's when we will put half of them under control of the United Nations.

[bandleader]

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE!They are taking an existing weapons-platform and re-configuring four of them to take the initiative!!The Trident Force worked well as a deterrant when we faced off with the old Soviet Union.Things are different now.The people we are faced off with now could care less about MAD(mutual assured destruction).If they are so anxious to"Go To Allah",I think that we should employ every means at our disposal to expedite them!!!!

[Dinsdale]

The artical is wrong, one missle per tube, seven reentry vehicles/bombs per missle.

[vannrox]

[Nik Naym]

"How many people in our own country would that $4 billion feed? How many schools would it help?"

Where do these idiots think the money goes? It provides jobs for the people who build, maintain and operate the system. It provides income and revenue for the companies that do the same. Then it ends up back in the economy. People who EARN that money buy food with it, and pay school taxes with it. So, it DOES buy food for people and it DOES help schools.

I guess in the leftist's dull mind it is better to just hand the money over to someone who does nothing, than pay it to someone who EARNS it.

Those of us who earn our money (the producers) would much rather get something for our money, than just hand it over to the "poor" (the thieves) who produce nothing.

[Libertina]

It's a thing of terror and we'll don't need it to protect ourselves from fanatic terroist thugs in the future. he he he

I agree with you Big Ern, I'm glad to see our WA bases still being used and I'd rather the Tridents be used than mothballed. BTW Both my brothe and sister worked on these babies at the shipyards. Other interesting point; remember the project Publius told us about that would be taking place around PS with the military? That would keep our guys going as well. And last year I attended the Shipyard breakfast when Norm Dicks was the keynote speaker. He was pushing for our basses to repair rather than build ships because that future was more "assured." HIghnote: I was the ONE irrepressible Conservative who APPLAUDED LOUDLY when President Bush was mentioned. LOL And I garnered "special credit" from Dicks for doing so. :) Couldn't let Dicks get away with believing he had the "room to himself!"

[Jeff Chandler]

Look at the name tag on the guy at the bottom. Is that Homer?

[Jeff Chandler]

A safe America never fed a hungry child.

[Drew68]

Nice biased article. The writer goes out of her way to get quotes from three different peace freaks as though one was not sufficiently enough to state their talking points.

[Jeff Chandler]

Bump

[Squantos]

Doh ! Thanks I missed that.......seems like it's still gonna be like shoving 10 pounds of sand in a 5 pound sack.

Stay Safe !

[willyone]

Tomahawks do not use re entry vehicles. They are air breathers. Seven per tube may be a stretch as the pressurization equipment for the canister membranes is a real pain.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

You are absolutely correct.

Do you know how I know you're right? Because I've been thinking the same thing.LOL