Martin H. Eastburn wrote:

9000 mile limit - phooey!

Never heard of refueling away from home?

Kwajalein atoll was a mid Pacific refueling station for Japanese subs
during
WWII. They were able to refuel under water. I know this as I lived
there and
have had a swim in a large tank of fuel that has a deep rain water layer
over
the fuel.

It would be easy as punch to have a tanker, a cargo container ship or
another
to be a tanker - refuel and then trash at sea the fuel tanks and come to
port.

They might not come to our port but a trading partner along the way.
They might have a one way trip planned on something like that - figuring
we find them after the fact. Think of the 15 year old body bombs.

Martin

Martin H. Eastburn
Crap cut

Ned Simmons wrote:

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:16:52 -0500, "Steve W."
wrote:

WHAT? ANY SUB is long range and ocean going! Never heard of WWII in
which a LOT of German subs (far less capable than the ones that North
Korea and China have now) did a lot of damage and threatened the
WORLD. Maybe you missed that little fact. How about a conventional
missile launched into D.C.! They have that ability NOW. Maybe you
don't think that the U.S. should stop that? How about if they decided
to target a few of the U.S. coastal bases? Think a few torpedoes into
Groton might cause a problem? Maybe another Pearl Harbor attack? All
very possible with the current crop of Diesel/Electrics that Russia
has been building and selling off.


Got any specifics on those claims? All I can find says North Korea's
sub fleet consists of approx 20 1950s technology Romeo class
diesel-electrics with a 9000 mile range, and a similar number of
smaller Sang-O coastal subs with a 1500 mile range - nowhere near
enough to reach Washington DC or Groton. And no mention of missile
launching capability.

What a load of crap! Get your paranoid head out of your ass and face
reality. With ****wits like you populating the US, no nation needs to
attack the US, idiots like you are doing the job for them. When the
**** settles, China will buy you for 5 cents on the dollar.