Word: fleets
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...fleet converted to nuclear power, the Bonefish remained as one of the last four U.S. diesel-electric subs. But its role as a mimic was crucial: the Soviets still have in service about 150 diesel-electrics, half of their sub fleet...
...placement of the engine-exhaust outlets, have been deliberately masked. Others, including crew size and maximum payload, along with such flight characteristics as range, airspeed and cruising altitude, remain strictly classified. The Air Force does acknowledge, however, that the plane is going to cost more than projected. The fleet of 132 bombers, originally priced at $36.6 billion, could cost twice as much by the time it is airborne in the 1990s...
...year-old USS Bonefish, its remaining crew evacuated to shore bases, floated alongside the frigate USS McCloy about 160 miles off the Florida coast, said Chief Petty Officer Terry D. Borton, a spokesman at Atlantic Fleet headquarters in Norfolk...
Specialists on the Petrel, based at Charleston, S.C., with the Bonefish, "will make an assessment when it is safe to board the Bonefish. They have the expertise and the equipment to test the toxicity of the air" inside the boat, said Lt. Fred Henney, another fleet spokesman...
...Atlantic Fleet headquarters said two sailors were seriously injured, but the nature and extent of their injuries was not immediately available...