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More than a hundred men eat, sleep, work and take time off in a steel tube for months at a time. Work is focused around several different areas and activities of a nuclear submarine; the attack centerthe underwater equivalent of a surface ship's bridgeis the brain, where all of the decisions are made and passed along to the crew. The sonar room represents the ears and eyes of a submarine, where outside sounds are heard, processed and interpreted. The maneuvering room controls the nuclear reactor and converts its heat to energy for powering the submarine's systems and propulsion through the underwater environment. |
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