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Old 02-20-2005, 11:50 AM
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Originally posted by IowaStatePhiPsi
could have sworn it was the submarine that helped "win" the cold war.
The "prairie submariners" (land-based ICBM crews) might take exception to the above remark. Four nearly-simultaneous key turns and Rooshia woulda been a parking lot.

"41 for Freedom" - referring to the first- and second-generation ballistic missile submarines, first with Polaris, then Poseidon and finally Trident C-4 missiles. Nearly all of these submarines were named after U.S. and Latin American independence figures.
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