President Jimmy Carter shares a laugh in 1977 with the legendary Admiral Hyman G. Rickover USN, father of the nuclear Navy, who changed a Carter's life as a young officer with a single question during an interview to join the nuclear submarine programquietly_vociferous t1_j94vopq wrote
I think, if not for Rickover our nuclear Navy is 15-20 years later, behind the Soviets.
Timbershoe t1_j9533fe wrote
Meh.
The US subs don’t catch fire or sink killing the crews.
Quality over quantity.
Phredee t1_j95ct4v wrote
The just run into things.
EatLard t1_j98oobf wrote
And even more prone to accidents. One thing Rickover would absolutely never compromise on was safety.
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