interesting (to me) article:
www.vanityfair.com
quote:
Photographer Philip Montgomery and I had been granted permission to chronicle life aboard a boomer—at a perilous time.
Our embed was unique: The arms and technology on board, along with the ship’s routines and missions, are among the government’s most closely guarded secrets.
We’d been told that the number of civilians who had been given this level of access (carrying cameras, no less) was roughly the same as that who have walked on the moon.
Exclusive: Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine as the US Responds to Threats Around the Globe
How the Navy prowls today’s uncertain seas—and prepares for possible superpower conflict tomorrow.
quote:
Photographer Philip Montgomery and I had been granted permission to chronicle life aboard a boomer—at a perilous time.
Our embed was unique: The arms and technology on board, along with the ship’s routines and missions, are among the government’s most closely guarded secrets.
We’d been told that the number of civilians who had been given this level of access (carrying cameras, no less) was roughly the same as that who have walked on the moon.
