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From: terryr@ogicse.ogi.edu (Terry Rooker)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: US Naval Forces in Gulf, Air Nat'l Gaurd units.
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Date: 21 Aug 90 02:55:51 GMT
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From: terryr@ogicse.ogi.edu (Terry Rooker)
In article <1990Aug15.032421.26794@cbnews.att.com> macko@police.rutgers.edu (Peter C. Macko) writes:
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>    6. Another that point that the Pentagon seems to be keeping
>very low key is that every carrier also has a submarine escort of
>at least one or two sub.  The exact mix of attack subs to ballistic
> subs is in fact, they won't say.  Neither will they divulge the
>number of subs in the area.  I wonder just what type of warheads    
>those ballistic subs are packing.  Hmmm......
>
Direct support SSN's accompanying USN CVBG's are not a secret.  They
are common knowledge.  If you read the naval literature, one of the
recurring questions is how to communicate with that sub and not reveal
its presence.  After all the sub-drivers would prefer to not have
S-3's dropping torpedos on them:-)  Look in the Fleet series of
wargames, and in many instances you will see a SSN in proximity to the
USN CVBG's.  I have never heard of a SSBN used for this role.  I'm not
sure what an SSBN would even do around the Persian Gulf.  The missiles
on boomers are nuclear warheads, and I have never seen reference to
any other type of warhead for USN ballistic missiles.



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Terry Rooker
terryr@cse.ogi.edu