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2007-12-21 Science & Technology

US Converts Fourth Trident Submarine To Cruise Missiles

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-12-21 15:41|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Nice.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-12-21 16:11|| 2007-12-21 16:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Now that's a conversion I like!

Posted by twobyfour 2007-12-21 16:25|| 2007-12-21 16:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Sweet.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-12-21 16:33|| 2007-12-21 16:33|| Front Page Top

#4 beating swords into ~~plowshares~~ a lotta very sharp and accurate stilletos

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-12-21 18:29|| 2007-12-21 18:29|| Front Page Top

#5 "In the town where I was born,
Came a man who made the laws.
And he told us of his life,
In the legislative halls.

"So he sailed to Washington,
And he found a sea of green.
And he funneled some back here,
As the Trident Submarine.

"We all live off
The Trident Submarine,
Trident Submarine,
Trident Submarine...."

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-12-21 19:18|| 2007-12-21 19:18|| Front Page Top

#6 Ummm, "Air Torpedos" (Sounds good to me)Hope they can be launched submerged.

So much for the vaunted Russian "Supersonic Underwater Torpedo."

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-12-21 19:20|| 2007-12-21 19:20|| Front Page Top

#7 I am still hoping that we take one of the least in good condition Tridents and convert it to scientific research purposes. Either run by the US Navy, or the Office of Naval Research, which is much of a muchness, a "noisy boat" doing research could be worth billions or even trillions to the US.

The geological mapping alone would be worth a fortune. It could also map toxic and nuclear waste dump sites, or squirt enormous quantities of undersea concrete on them to entomb them.

The pure research would be great, too. Estimated operating cost would probably be $20-40M/ year, which is peanuts compared to what we could learn that nobody else could.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-12-21 19:29|| 2007-12-21 19:29|| Front Page Top

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