Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine
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Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine
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#2Smarter Every Day filmed a series on the same topic, strongly recommended: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjHf9jaFs8XWoGULb2HQR...
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#3Discussions on similar submissions:
Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine as the US Responds to Threats Around the Globe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39400834 (February 16, 2024 — 4 points, 12 comments)
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#4> 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 capabilities, resolve, and, for the moment at least, superiority.
Not a paragraph I normally see in military reporting.
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#5"We’d been told that the number of civilians who had been given this level of access (carrying cameras, no less) was roughly the same as that who have walked on the moon."
Dang, they're still having retention problems in the sub force?
Also Boomer life is like the Waldorf Astoria in comparison to a fast attack's Motel 6.
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#6> 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…
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?
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#7Smarter Every Day filmed a series on the same topic, strongly recommended: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjHf9jaFs8XWoGULb2HQR...
Incredible series, Destin is such a joy to watch.
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#8> 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…
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?
I’d assume that it’s targeted mainly at the US’ population, not any foreign adversary. It’s also relevant that this is the author explaining what they think is the rationale, not the military explaining their reasoning.
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#9There'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?
Re: Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine
#10Discussions on similar submissions: Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine as the US Responds to Threats Around the Globe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39400834 (February 16, 2024 — 4 points, 12 comments)
Notably, no discussion on the article, only about the archive.ph site not working ;)