1.   A visitor to the control room of this nuclear missile submarine might pass it by without a second thought.

2.   The proposal would have restricted nuclear weapons at sea to strategic missile submarines.

3.   Bangor is home to eight missile submarines and the Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific, where Trident strategic nuclear missiles are maintained and stored.

4.   But for the sailors who operate the sophisticated Trident missile submarines, the responsibilities remain grave and the stresses of extended patrols in the ocean are still severe.

5.   Critical areas in the North Atlantic and Pacific, where U.S. missile submarines lurk ready to launch, are unmonitored.

6.   In the anti-military mood of the Bay Area, people forget that patrol planes from Alameda tracked Soviet missile submarines a hundred miles off the Golden Gate.

7.   It should also accelerate conversion of its unneeded nuclear missile submarines into stealthy platforms for launching cruise missiles.

8.   The Bangor-based missile submarine is once more preparing for nuclear patrol in the deep ocean.

9.   The discussion ended with the decision to stop building a surface fleet and limit construction to submarines, primarily missile submarines, and antisubmarine and shore-defense forces.

10.   The following year, the USS Grayling reportedly collided with a Russian Delta-class missile submarine it was trailing in the Arctic Ocean.