Thread: US Coast Guard Protecting Our Shores From Terrorists
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Old 04-29-2004, 10:10 PM  
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Originally posted by KRL
Today's Coast Guard includes roughly 90 large cutters, about 90 special-purpose vessels including icebreakers and buoy tenders, and just over 300 small ships and boats.

The US Coastline is 12,400 miles long. If you figure 100 boats of the fleet out on patrol at any given time that's about 124 miles of coastline per boat to watch.
you think we should have a naval blockade up or something? there are enough eyes in the sky that 124 miles is not that big of a deal
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