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From: malloy@nprdc.navy.mil (Sean Malloy)
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Subject: Re: article submission
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Date: 3 May 89 03:12:31 GMT
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From: malloy@nprdc.navy.mil (Sean Malloy)

In article <6148@cbnews.ATT.COM> sw@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Stuart Warmink) writes:
>Right! I think you will find that the combat command and control center of 
>a modern ship *is* below main deck level; it is usually burried right in the 
>middle of the hull, giving it as much protection as possible.

That's going to be news to the people serving aboard US Navy vessels --
on every US warship I've been on, CIC has been either immediately
behind or immediately below the bridge, which is placed well up in the
superstructure for maximum visibility.

I am also given to understand that many Soviet surface combatants don't
have a CIC per se -- their weapons and electronics control areas are a
lot more decentralized than Western vessels.


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