Re: research question for novel

On Aug 31, 6:57 am, "William Black" <william.bl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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I am writing a novel in which the US Navy is trying to retrieve a
nuclear bomb (a 1950's style Joe-2) from a Russian general who has it
stashed at a compound on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The Navy has a
submarine in the area, and wants to get in with the sub, get the bomb,
and get out without being noticed by the Russian authorities.
Here's the question, supposing you had a Virginia-class submarine off
the coast and you wanted to retrieve this bomb, which weighs about 10
thousand pounds and is on a little wheeled trailer, how would you do
it? How would you get it to the submarine, and how would you store
it?

Why on earth would the USA want an elderly and heavy Soviet era bomb?

They could bury it near Baghdad and then "find" it?


--
William Black

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.


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