To: camle
“we had the Thresher and the Scorpion, so we’re not infallable.”
No one is “infallable”(sic), but a 39 year run ain’t too shabby.
8 posted on
04/20/2007 9:29:14 AM PDT by
Roccus
(We finally consign Marxism to the dustbin of history, and it turns out it’s a recycling bin.)
To: Roccus
No one is “infallable”(sic), but a 39 year run ain’t too shabby.Don't count out luck and skill in the two fairly recent collisions. One of those was a very near thing, and the other could have turned out badly.
15 posted on
04/20/2007 9:39:08 AM PDT by
PAR35
To: Roccus
we have been very fortunate both in not having a lot of losses, but also of having the skilled workers at Electric Boat who can build subs strong enough to hit undersea mountains and remain afloat.
21 posted on
04/20/2007 9:57:06 AM PDT by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
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