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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: US Naval Forces in Gulf, Air Nat'l Gaurd units.
Message-ID: <1990Aug21.025638.2825@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 21 Aug 90 02:56:38 GMT
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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)

In article <1990Aug15.032421.26794@cbnews.att.com>, Peter C. Macko writes: 
*    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......

i would doubt very much that there are any SSBNs at all accompanying
the carrier forces; that is not what they are used for.  keep in mind
that modern SSNs can carry torpedo-tube launched Tomahawk cruise
missles anyway, so i really don't see why SSBN resources would be
either wanted or needed in the middle east right now.  it's simply
the wrong tool for the job, and all that.

richard
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