Summary: I would be very surprised if a submarine could get on station from Groton quicker than a San Diego boat to mention nothing of the chokepoint aspect of the Bering Straits I admit that I m biased towards San Diego but in this case DoD made the right call even if the land Subase Point Loma sits on is probably worth more than the rest of the continental U S submarine bases
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