Re: research question for novel

Thanks for the suggestion. I was thinking that a Virginia-class
submarine would work because they are supposed to be able to navigate
in shallow waters. It looks to me like in places you could be inside
20 kilometers of the shoreline.

On Aug 31, 1:55 pm, Jack Linthicum <jacklinthi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

While you are it try looking at a nice close-up map of Kamchatka,
notice the rather steep shoreline, except where there are harbors,
where there are people, where there are military looking out for
American submarines because that is all they have to do.

Hint the first blue tint is 50 meters, equals 150 feet. Ask a
submariner how close to shore a submarine would venture if it is all
less than 150 feet.

http://encarta.msn.com/map_701513589/Kamchatka.html


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