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1 hour ago @ Defense Tech - 10-Hour Blaze Aboard U... · 1 reply · +2 points

A bit more info:
Nuclear Sub May Have to Be Scrapped After Fire http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/05/25/nuclear-sub-may-have-to-be-scrapped-after-fire.html?comp=7000023317843&rank=3

2 hours ago @ Defense Tech - 10-Hour Blaze Aboard U... · 0 replies · +1 points

One potential problem with grafting parts/sections from decommissioned 688 boats is that the Miami is a 688i, which is a very different boat. The 688i's have VLS tubes, and their diving planes are on the bow, as opposed to the sail on he 688s, and no doubt, some significant structural changes. While the Flight II 688's have VLS tube, none of those have been decommissioned either.

19 hours ago @ Defense Tech - 10-Hour Blaze Aboard U... · 4 replies · +2 points

It is likely that repair will depend on if Miami has undergone refueling or not.
When San Francisco ran into an undersea mountain in '05, her forward section was replaced with that of the Honolulu. Honolulu was scheduled to be decommissioned and had not been through refueling. While older, San Francisco had been through a refuel/upgrade cycle about 3 years prior.
It was cheaper to replace San Francisco's forward section, with Honolulu's, than to refuel/upgrade Honolulu as a replacement.

Would seem to me, that if Miami has not yet gone through refuel/overhaul, the Navy might be better of decommissioning her, and cycling her refuel/overhaul funding back into fleet maintenance.

1 day ago @ Defense Tech - 10-Hour Blaze Aboard U... · 8 replies · +6 points

I would suspect they don't have HALON or foam fire suppression systems since they are unable to immediately vent to atmosphere, and an accidental activation could kill vast numbers of her crew while submerged.

3 weeks ago @ Defense Tech - Who Wants to Buy a Ste... · 0 replies · +3 points

I wouldn't blame the media. Roland is just another one of those "NationStates" military expert idiots.

3 weeks ago @ Defense Tech - Who Wants to Buy a Ste... · 0 replies · +2 points

They've been trying to get rid of it for six years, no one wants it. That's why they are selling it off as scrap

3 weeks ago @ Defense Tech - Who Wants to Buy a Ste... · 3 replies · +3 points

Project Azorian, Jennifer was a security classification of the project

3 weeks ago @ Defense Tech - Who Wants to Buy a Ste... · 0 replies · +4 points

By the wording, it seems to me, the buyer will be responsible for dismantling (at their expense)

3 weeks ago @ Defense Tech - Who Wants to Buy a Ste... · 2 replies · +19 points

Ummm..you would be buying the dry dock, and basically the materials of the Sea Shadow.
The Sea Shadow must be dismantled "(THE EX-SEA SHADOW SHALL BE DISPOSED OF BY COMPLETELY DISMANTLING AND SCRAPPING WITHIN THE U.S.A. DISMANTILING IS DEFINED AS REDUCING THE PROPERTY SUCH AS IT HAS NO VALUE EXCEPT FOR ITS BASIC MATERIAL CONTENT.)"

4 weeks ago @ Defense Tech - China's Carrier Fighte... · 7 replies · +6 points

You can't swing a dead cat, and not clip some racist idiot, in any of the Military.com comment areas