Re: QDR Released


Kevin Brooks wrote:
And for the benefit of all of those who have said
that a conventioanlly armed Trident is such a loony idea that nobody in a
responsible position would support such idiocy, it does indeed call for the
USN to rapidly field a conventionally armed Trident, with a desired IOC only
two years out.


You missed something. The conventionally armed Trident Sub carries
cruise missiles. This is a known and accepted fact. No one has argued
this. The arguments you refer to are in regards to a conventionally
armed Trident _MISSILE_.
These are two very different things.

BB

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