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Old 04-13-2009, 12:04 PM   #89
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Originally Posted by likwid View Post
Now this is inherently wrong, whether a warship is sitting in Norfolk or in the Indian Ocean, its costing money. Period.
Its a hell of a lot cheaper for a ship to be sitting pier side in norfolk than to be steaming around the IO. Do you realize how much fuel is burned by a destroyer when its underway.......not to mention just the 6 figure toll for going through the Suez Canal.

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