Michael Wise wrote:

:In article ,
: (Michael Petukhov) wrote:
:
: 1) the detected sub is dead sub in a war conditions.
:
:You've obviously never done ASW. Detecting the sub is only part of the
:battle; you still have to localize it, develop an attack plot, and then
:launch the attack. Of course, the sub will probably know it has been
:detected and wont wait around to become a victim during all this.

I suspect that by 'detected', he means the first two of Sagire.
Classis, Destructum have occurred.

:Remind me sometime to tell you about the time the aircraft carrier I was
n (USS Kitty Hawk) ran over one of you Victor class subs in the Sea of
:Japan (1984) and spun it 360 degrees leaving one of its props stuck on
:the side of our ship. I'm sure some people on that sub must have been
:majorly messed up. Funny story...eh?

We used to scare them by transmitting VDS-VDS-VDS on the hull mount
when they'd move in close behind us. Tended to flush them right back
out of there again. We did this even if the ship didn't HAVE a VDS.

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