Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: fiddler@Sun.COM (Steve Hix) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: nuclear powered ships Keywords: nuclear Message-ID: <11966@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 5 Dec 89 03:54:56 GMT References: <11865@cbnews.ATT.COM> <11916@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Lines: 30 Approved: military@att.att.com From: fiddler@Sun.COM (Steve Hix) In article <11916@cbnews.ATT.COM>, rbeville%tekig5.pen.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET (Bob Beville) writes: > > > From: Bob Beville > > > Along these nuclear powered ship lines.. > can (able to...) any mil.netters out there > comment about a nuclear sub that is nomenclated: NR-1 ????? > If my "parrot is shining" please notify by e-mail. Since I see no parrot shining, is the net OK? The NR-1 is a nuclear-powered research sub. A major problem with most research submarines is limited time-on-station. The NR-1 can hang around for days...scheduling use might be a problem, though. Unless the Navy has assigned you to it for some reason. ------------ "...Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded..." Plato, _Phaedrus_ 275d