Aboard a nuclear-powered submarine, 'everything changes on a dime'


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  • Thursday, 10 Apr 2025

FILE PHOTO: Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN-783) is seen off the coast of Western Australia, Australia March 16, 2025. COLIN MURTY/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

(Reuters) - "The role of the fast attack submarine is so dynamic that everything changes on a dime," U.S. Navy Commander Jeffrey Corneille said off the coast of Western Australia on the nuclear-powered submarine USS Minnesota in March.

"As soon as my boss says go, we go," said Corneille, the ship's commander.

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