Smarter Every Day filmed a series on the same topic, strongly recommended: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjHf9jaFs8XWoGULb2HQR...
It was an amazing watch. They were so well done and every second was addictive to watch.
Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine
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Re: Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine
#22There's a very old post which was on USENET and then on Reddit, which was a wry look at life on a sub, and an even funnier post of how to re-create the experience at home. Mostly it consisted of getting your SO to lock you in a cupboard under the stairs, run a vacuum cleaner outside the cupboard 24/7 and periodically throw a bucket of shit over you, while you were wrapped in a black plastic bag (CBW)
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s presented as the authors' opinion, imo?
By adding a single "aparently" in the paragraph?
"seemed" and "apparently". I don’t think they are hiding it from anyone but you.
The author reflecting why they got this much-valued access is the actually interesting part of this.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Doesn't this project weakness? Is there any reason to believe China or Russia have had doubts about US capabilities that this would now... resolve?
given two consecutive failures of uk launched tridents, i think a lot of people have doubts, and that is very dangerous.
This was highly embarrassing though I doubt it changes the equation of nuclear deterrence. Even if only half the trident are functional, no nation in its right mind will want half of the UK ICBMs heading their way. Even if you think you can shoot down most of them. It only takes a handful to flatten your largest cities.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
By adding a single "aparently" in the paragraph?
"seemed" and "apparently". I don’t think they are hiding it from anyone but you. The author reflecting why they got this much-valued access is the actually interesting part of this.
How is the author's misguided speculation interesting?
If that was supposed to be the interesting part the title wouldn't be:
> Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine
Just report what you saw, not what you feel.
Reporters used to know to not be the subject.
They were invited on and that wasn't good enough.
They had to make up some plot in their head why they were invited on to confirm their bias and influence others.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
"seemed" and "apparently". I don’t think they are hiding it from anyone but you. The author reflecting why they got this much-valued access is the actually interesting part of this.
How is the author's misguided speculation interesting? If that was supposed to be the interesting part the title wouldn't be: > Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine Just report what you saw, not what you feel. Reporters used to know to not be the subject. They were invited on and that wasn't good enough. They had to make up some plot in their head why they were invited on to confirm their bias and influence others.
You’d rather they be a transparent conduit for state propaganda? Better to remind readers that the military sees value in this article existing.
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#27We could debate endlessly about why you are seeing this article right now amongst a huge recruitment crisis in the US military, but instead, why don't you check out the best submarine song ever made, a glorious piece of Boomer Yacht Rock by Al Steward. [0]
The last crew member of a submarine, possibly gone insane, hiding out from the world above:
Now there's nobody from the crew left
Five hundred years supply of food just for me
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#28> The military’s rationale for offering us access seemed clear. The brass, apparently, wanted to help get Americans accustomed to the increasingly real prospect of conflict with a genuinely powerful opponent. They wanted to humanize the otherwise inhuman—some would say inhumane—reality of nuclear deterrence. And, finally, they wanted to convey a message to China and Russia about US forces and their strategic capabili…
The potential (and very likely at this point) US nuclear rearmament is hotly discussed topic atm
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#29I just don't get it. Why do we even need nuclear submarines? Solar is much cheaper and has been deployed massively already.
Solar on a submarine?
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#30There's a picture in there titled something like "Missile keys on lanyards". Is it just me, or are they all key blanks? I.e there's no pin bitting?
Either 1. They don't want to post the launch codes to the internet, or 2. The code is just 000000 (hey it's not the worst I've ever seen)
Sounds legit. SAC under Curtis LeMay also used all-zero codes.