Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnews!military
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: US Naval Forces in Gulf, Air Nat'l Gaurd units.
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Date: 21 Aug 90 02:56:58 GMT
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From: sun!sunburn.West.Sun.COM!gtx!anasaz!qip!john
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......

Why would a carrier group need BALLISTIC missile submarines for escort?
Does anyone know if they actually do this?

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