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Irregular Warfare Official: SSGN Subs Are Navy’s Premiere Counterterrorism Tool

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Monday, October 27th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford The SSGN cruise-missile submarine has become the Navy's "premiere" irregular-warfare (IW) platform, and may soon launch new unmanned water and air vehicles in the fight, a senior service official said. Rear Adm. (sel.) Mark Kenny, director of the new Navy Irregular Warfare Office stood up in July, said last week that the deployed SSGNs--the USS Ohio (SSGN-726) and Florida (SSGN-728)--are being sent "where al Qaeda is at...it's that simple." "The first two deployments, the Ohio and Florida,…

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