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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

The anatomy of a fast-attack nuclear sub

Virginia class submarineVictor McKenna snakes himself into a warren of pipes and metal ducts as the whir of power tools and hiss of welding torches fill the workshop.

He stretches a wrench forward, trying to reach a bolt that will secure a piece of sheet metal.

The tiny bolt is one of the simplest parts in the most complex war machine ever made: a Virginia-class fast-attack nuclear submarine.

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