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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Pay attention to AlphaSigOU, Dani, he knows his isht!
(Although I would have probably rephrased "get found, you die" a little differently!  )
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Hehe... don't mind me, I was getting a little direct and to the point.
The unofficial motto of the 'boomers' is "we hide with pride." Some wags will dub 'em "chicken of the sea"
(To date no Ohio-class SSBN has ever been detected underwater by anyone other than a US attack sub in training exercises.)
Much of the details on nuclear power in the Navy are highly classified and one of its most closely-guarded secrets. Most tours of submarines in port stop at the bulkhead dividing the living spaces from the engineering spaces.
Suggested sites: the Navy's official website at
www.navy.mil. For detailed info (short of giving up classified) on submarines all over the world try
http://www.rontini.com/ .
Also a good site and a guided tour of a submarine:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/subsecrets/spriconhi.html . This is the USS Springfield (SSN 761).