1.   Because it continued to function, and could play cat-and-mouse games with NATO, the submarine fleet had seemed comparatively immune from the hard choices posed by shrinking budgets.

2.   China does not have a strong navy and has only a modest submarine fleet, but it has been looking for ways to improve its military power at sea.

3.   Even the dinnerware was bolted down, Miss Sorel recalled, to reduce noise that might be picked up by the prowling submarine fleet.

4.   For two decades, seeking to protect its submarine fleet from such surveillance, the Pentagon has tried to monopolize the radar.

5.   Instead, Rear Adm. Albert H. Konetzni, the commander of the Pacific submarine fleet, went out with a chaplain to console the crew before they entered port.

6.   Naval officials declined to comment on the statements made by Carroll, a frequent critic of the service and an ardent foe of expanding the U.S. submarine fleet.

7.   Russia remains a threat, said Freeh, while it is devoting much of its military resources to upgrading its submarine fleet.

8.   The main threat to American security no longer comes from a superpower rival with state-of-the-art fighter jets, submarine fleets and tanks.

9.   The practice has been growing, especially in the submarine fleet.

10.   The Russian nuclear submarine fleet rusts at its moorings.