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   Rod Speed to nightjar   
   Re: OT Nuclear U-Boats; how do they cond   
   17 Sep 21 20:22:30   
   
   XPost: uk.d-i-y   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   nightjar  wrote   
   > Rod Speed wrote   
   >> Pancho  wrote   
      
   >>> I was more intrigued by the idea of nuclear powered container ships.   
   >>   
   >> Problem with those is do you trust a philippino crew to never   
   >> fuck up and ram another ship with undesirable consequences.   
   >> With non nuke powered container vessels the worst you risk   
   >> is a bad oil spill or a blocked canal or seaway for a while.   
   >   
   > You don't need Filipinos to have a nuclear accident. There have been 32   
   > known accidents involving nuclear weapons or nuclear powered vessels.   
   > Six US nuclear weapons have been lost and never found again.   
      
   But those weren't nuke powered container ships tho   
   they might have used a few puerto ricans at times.   
      
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