Re: Tin Cans versus Dreadnoughts

On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 09:29:35 -0500 Jon Davis <davisje@nycap.rr.com>
writes:
<snip>
>In Red Storm Rising, it was a Norwegian diesel-electric submarine that 
>managed
>to kill a Kirov when it had sortied.  But only after the Russian 
>surface 
>group had begun to prosecute the American nuclear sub contact.
>
>Jon

Actually no.  On page 299 (in my copy) and The US SSN is stalking the
Kirov TF and it reads:

"...They'd nearly determined the range for three of the escorts but not
the Kirov yet...Okay, the Captain thought, things are pretty much going
as planned-----  "Conn, sonar, torpedoes in the water, bearing
three-two-zero.   Signal fait.	Say again, torpedoes in the water...A
series of three bright spokes appeared right on the bearing to the
Kirov"
 Then on page 300  "...Skipper, it looks like somebody just got inside
on
them and launched an attack.  He got three solid hits on the Kirov..." 
Then the American slips in and launches some missiles, runs for his life
from the very angry Russians, and on page 360 the skipper of the
Norwegian boat is identified as the killer of the Kirov.

Not my very most favorite part of the book but definitely in the top ten
maight make top three.	My favorite is on page 621 aboard the USS Nassu.

Gracias, Glenn/Triphibious (American Mongrel)
You don't have to be French to be a 'frog', or even human!
Nektons - Real Marines! (Die, Ralnai, Die!)
Starguard, Dirtside 2,	Ratner's Space Marines, Stellar Conflicts
and Uprisings, and Full Thrust/2nd.  Resistance is everything!

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