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From: rlevasse@hawk.ulowell.edu (Roger Levasseur)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Russian access to usenet
Keywords: scare tactics
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Date: 24 Dec 88 06:07:31 GMT
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In article <5180@brspyr1.BRS.Com> davef@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Dave Fiske) writes:
>and they went up the river to where there are a lot of U.S. Navy ships
>docked.  When we got near that area, the captain warned us over the
>loudspeaker that we were entering a "restricted" area, and that the
            [stuff deleted]
>I basically think this is a bunch of malarky designed to make the trip
>more exciting for the tourists, but I didn't feel like testing it

     As I understand it, the Navy facility in Charleston is a weapons
facility.  One of the weapons in stock are submarine launched ICBM's.
The US Navy loads and unloads these missles from the subs there as
well.  Sure makes sense to have it restricted.

   -roger

   Roger Levasseur
   hawk.ulowell.edu