From: "Frank Haber" 

I wonder whether that pinger nose was softer than the pressure hull.  Or
are we seeing the pressure hull at that first bulkhead (if it is the first
bulkhead - jeez!).  In a sub, you're standing up, next to some knobby,
unfriendly things.  They deliberately limit the NYC subway's braking to
1/3g, because of the standees. Otherwise blood will flow in rush hour
emergency stops.

A Kilo is a boomer or attack?  Diesel, I presume.  What's the point of a
diesel sub at this late date.  What's so special about it for the Gulf?
Shallow-water operation?  Bottom-flying sonar?  Training wheels? Treads?  A
loudspeaker for the Muezzin on the periscopes?

Oh, and for background.... What's the difference between a "missile
sub" and an SSGN?  Some of the Navy pages say a sub was converted from
the former to the latter..

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