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Sunday, March 01, 2009

Arctic-bound submarine slips out of San Diego

Los Angeles class submarineWithout fanfare, the fast-attack submarine Helena has slipped silently out of port in San Diego, bound for a classified mission described by the Navy as "testing of submarine operability and war-fighting capability" in the Arctic Ocean.

The Helena, stationed at the Point Loma sub base, will be part of Ice Exercise 2009, the Navy said.

The exercise will be supported by the Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station being built by the University of Washington on the ice north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

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3 comments:

  1. Pete1/3/09 13:41

    Good PR for America's SSN fleet.

    Some technicians of the Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station, University of Washington must enjoy interesting security clearances if they are collecting submarine test results.

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  2. Anonymous7/3/09 19:53

    Sir, it doesn't say that they will be collecting submarine test results. It said that they are mearly a support.

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  3. Anonymous7/3/09 19:56

    Sir, it didn't say that the technicians would be collecting test results. It merely said that they are being used as a support. Therefore, it is unlikely that clearances would be needed.

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