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How many submarines does the U.S. really need?

The Navy's formidable fleet of nuclear-armed submarines is approaching the end of its lifespan, and there's growing debate over how many are needed and how to pay for them. Jamie McIntyre,...

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  PBS NewsHour

  
  

  The U.S. Navy's ballistic missile submarines have only one mission: to lurk silently, deep beneath the ocean, ready to rain nuclear devastation on virtually any target, anywhere, any time on orders of the president.

  
  
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  Fukushima 311 Watchdogs

  
  

  Via Dr Helen Caldicott
  
  Nuclear submarines, we don't need them. $100 billion dollars would go a long way towards funding life affirming, life supporting programs. Slowing down climate change. Feeding and educating children. Improving access to healthcare for everyone. Do we really want to invest that in the "end of everything" scenario? CMDR. JOHN CAGE, USS Pennsylvania: "...we have a lot of redundant systems, that I find myself using those redundant systems a little bit more. Certain components will fail. Certain things are just starting to run past their lifetime." Like nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors. We have alternatives. We must seek peaceful solutions to conflict, and peaceful, renewable energy. ‪#‎NoNukes‬ ‪#‎BanTheBomb‬
  http://www.pbs.org/…/many-ballistic-missile-submarines-u-…/…