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From: Marc Renouf renouf@********.com
Subject: Naval Military Might (Submarines and Drone Fighters)
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:47:06 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Paul J. Adam wrote:

> One proposal being debated at the moment is to take the four oldest
> Ohio-class SSBNs, remove their Trident missiles and fire control, and put
> seven-cell Tomahawk launchers in twenty-two of the missile tubes thus
> vacated.

So 7 will fit? I thought so. For my money, this is the way to
go (see my last message). When I was doing my undergrad work in Naval
Architecture, this is one of the projects I looked into for a senior
design thesis. It's a sound idea, and it's cool that it's actually
getting considered.

Marc

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