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NATO Bombed Soviet Submarines With Tiny, Annoying Magnets
2014-02-25
Posted by:Uncle Phester

#7  When an Alfa went undersea-sailing
Past her house, all hands crowded the railing.
Do Red squids wave tentacles
At gals who wear spectacles?
How would I know? Go ask Sara Palin.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-02-25 17:44  

#6  Hell with an PoliteSky you'd didn't need magnets, Sara Palin could hear it.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-02-25 17:07  

#5  Crazy glue.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2014-02-25 15:35  

#4  ..dunno Steve S. - thinkin' Velcro and/or duct tape..and (mechanical) dolphins..
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2014-02-25 14:17  

#3  Titanium hull and all that.

Well, then we'll make TITANIUM magnets. Duh!. /me polishes his Technocrat merit badge.

Book sounds interesting. "Blind Man's Bluff" is another good book about submarine war. Focuses on espionage.
Posted by: SteveS   2014-02-25 12:26  

#2  Right up til they encounter a Politevskiy class boat, known to NATO as a Alfa.
Titanium hull and all that.
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-02-25 07:14  

#1  Actually they bombed a Royal Navy sub using tiny, flapping magnets. Hell of an idea, evidently impossible to practice with.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-02-25 05:16  

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