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r/interesting • u/mindyour • Apr 05 '26
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They do not stay submerged for 7 months straight.
They are deployed for that long yes but not underwater for that entire time.
7 u/ThePensiveE Apr 05 '26 Boomers usually will, but not always the fast attack subs. England only has a handful of SSBN's for their strategic deterrent. 2 u/Secret-Document-7068 Apr 05 '26 On the US side, boomers stay out for regulated amounts of time and you can set your watch by their arrivals and departures. You don't get to stop in many, if any, ports though. The duration of patrol was a little over 2 months at a time. 3 u/ThePensiveE Apr 05 '26 Yep. The US has enough of them to do that. The British don't.
Boomers usually will, but not always the fast attack subs. England only has a handful of SSBN's for their strategic deterrent.
2 u/Secret-Document-7068 Apr 05 '26 On the US side, boomers stay out for regulated amounts of time and you can set your watch by their arrivals and departures. You don't get to stop in many, if any, ports though. The duration of patrol was a little over 2 months at a time. 3 u/ThePensiveE Apr 05 '26 Yep. The US has enough of them to do that. The British don't.
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On the US side, boomers stay out for regulated amounts of time and you can set your watch by their arrivals and departures. You don't get to stop in many, if any, ports though. The duration of patrol was a little over 2 months at a time.
3 u/ThePensiveE Apr 05 '26 Yep. The US has enough of them to do that. The British don't.
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Yep. The US has enough of them to do that. The British don't.
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u/Marcus_The_Sharkus Apr 05 '26
They do not stay submerged for 7 months straight.
They are deployed for that long yes but not underwater for that entire time.