Submarine Ohio underway in Pacific

[unhappycamper]

Submarine Ohio underway in Pacific
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Oct 23, 2007 11:14:52 EDT

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — The first Navy submarine converted to fight terror instead of deter a Cold War adversary is en route to the western Pacific via Hawaii, the first time such a ship has ever deployed.

The Ohio was originally equipped in the 1970s to hold 24 nuclear-tipped long-range ballistic missiles. But with the Cold War over, the Navy transformed the Ohio and three other similar subs to carry conventional Tomahawk cruise missiles and dozens of Navy SEALs instead.

The ship, based in Bremerton, Wash., is expected to head toward Asia to help support U.S. efforts against terror after it spends a few days at Pearl Harbor and a few weeks of training near the Hawaiian Islands.

Capt. Chris Ratliff, the submarine’s skipper, wouldn’t tell reporters Monday specifically where the Ohio would deploy. He would only say it would be “close to the beach.”

“We’re going to go into places where we must remain undetected for weeks, if not months, at a time,” Ratliff said. “We’re going to collect real intelligence that’s going to be really used to prosecute the war.”

He said the SEALs will be sent ashore from the Ohio while the vessel is submerged. The submarine, which has a 159-sailor crew, will have 66 Navy SEALs onboard.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/10/ap_ohio_071023/



uhc comment: All $2,002,000,000 of Tomahawk cruise missles are aboard --> http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=259&topic_id=5225

I wonder who dubya is gonna attack next?

[Broadslidin]

1. Tis True, all Imperial Empires use Mass Murder and Pillage for financial gain......

:patriot: :nuke: :patriot:
Simply,
the primitive 'God Given' genetic nature of our specie.

The Best Trip of All,
getting out of this country.

[izzie]

2. Some reason this sounds bad to me.

I guess it is needed but I think the endless war thing gets me up-set. Some thing about it rubs wrong and I lived in the middle of bases with the Cold War. My husband was on subs for years. It may be the early life of being taught that wars are waste that just never leaves my thinking. Plus we should stay out of other peoples/countries business. It was a real GOP family I came from. Odd to think we were taught that from such a family.