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isme (NimBill) wrote:

Whoever wrote what you replied to is an idiot. Diesel subs are noisy only
while
surfaced to recharge batteries but once submerged are extremely difficult to
detect.

Well, to split hairs, _some_ diesel subs are noisy even submerged on
batteries. Keep in mind that a lot of diesel subs operating today are very
old. However, it is safe to say that the most modern diesels are
essentially silent while on batteries.


China being so close to Taiwan could launch Diesl subs carrying ground troops
all the way across the straights in numbers large enough to take over Taiwan
with few being detected.

This is nonsense. Have you bothered to actually _count_ the number of subs
that China has?

How about you go and do some research and get back to us when you've done
that?




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