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Old 22nd Jul 2014, 15:05
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Heathrow Harry
 
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We normally have ONE SSBN on patrol, occasionally two

The Russians currently have 13 active SSN's split between the Northern & Pacific fleets - probably no more than 4 of these are on patrol at any one time (probaly 3 Northern + 1 Pacific)

Seems a bit perverse to prioritise defence of our SSBN over all the other things an MPA is needed for ..................
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