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From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: SSN's in the Gulf?
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.035259.13650@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 25 Jan 91 03:52:59 GMT
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From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)

In article <1991Jan24.034059.20462@cbnews.att.com>, eugene@nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) writes:
> From: eugene@nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
> The tube says, "Tomahawks were recently launched from an SSN."
> They did not specific the Gulf (mostly probably) or Red Sea
> (why fly of S.A. and malfunction there?).

Recent news reports speak of Tomahawks launched from the Mediterranean,
and overflying Turkey to reach Iraq.  Some reports claim that these
have been launched from subs; the Pentagon refuses to say anything
about submarine operations.