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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Britain has approved a US request to survey two 90-mile stretches of water in the Bahamas as potential test ranges for the US Navy's new ASROC anti-submarine rocket. If suitable, negotiations will follow for test-firing permissions.
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LONDON, (AP)-Britain has approved a United States request for permission to survey two 90-mile stretches of water in the Bahamas wanted as test ranges for anti-submarine rockets.
The British Foreign Office, reporting this, said if these areas appear suitable as ranges, London and Washington will negotiate an agreement allowing the U.S. Navy to test-fire its new ASROC-anti-submarine rocket-there.
Asroc, fired from surface vessels, has a range of up to 10 miles. When it nears a target, the rocket plunges underwater to search it out.
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Bahamas
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britain approved us survey request; potential future agreement for test-firing if areas suitable.
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Britain approved a United States request to survey two 90-mile stretches of water in the Bahamas as potential test ranges for anti-submarine rockets. The British Foreign Office stated that if suitable, London and Washington will negotiate an agreement for the US Navy to test-fire the new ASROC rocket there. ASROC is fired from surface vessels with a range up to 10 miles and plunges underwater to search for targets upon nearing one.