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chiaros1260 karma

It's what they do at nuclear power school to make you think boats should travel under water rather than on it.

chiaros220 karma

Shuffles over with an armful of cheap snacks

Y'all take EBT?

chiaros190 karma

How did you guys stay in shape for the PT test when underway? Not only is space a lot tighter on a sub than even a DDG, you guys can't afford to make excess noise as I understand it.

chiaros8 karma

I don't know why people down voted this... You explained it and it makes sense why you said it.

chiaros6 karma

I have never been on a nuclear sub, but my understanding is that on US Nuclear subs CO and XO have two launch keys that must be turned at the same time in order to launch(although some other key personnel also have a key). Soviet Subs trusted the Captain and political officer to make the final call, and during the Cuban missile crisis actually came very close to causing WW3.

The Soviet Foxtrot class B-59 had been operating without orders from Moscow due to remaining submerged for days, and off the coast of Cuba they were discovered by the American blockade who began dropping depth charges(of a low yield not meant to destroy) in an attempt to make them surface. The Captain believed that war had broken out and was ready to fire a nuclear torpedo, but that particular sub also held the commander of the submarine flotilla that had been assigned to the area, Vasili Arkhipov. They could not fire without unanimous agreement. Arkhipov eventually convinced the captain to let them surface as they were running out of air, and the submarine sailed home to Moscow in disgrace.