Posted on 02/05/2010 1:32:58 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Recently, the Taiwanese Navy detected an unidentified submarine outside one of its major naval bases. Ships and helicopters pursued the contact, but the suspected submarine left the area. A Chinese boat was suspected, mainly because for the last decade, Chinese subs have increasingly been showing up close to Japan and South Korea as well. Two years ago, Japan increased anti-submarine patrols in international waters, just outside Japanese territorial waters. Chinese submarines were apparently exercising there more frequently, looking for Japanese, South Korean and American warships to play tag with. The U.S. has also redirected more of its space based naval search capabilities to assist the Japanese.
Chinese Song class diesel electric and Han class nuclear powered boats have been detected and tracked with increasing frequency over the last few years. In that time, one of each of these was spotted stalking the American carrier USS George Washington, as it headed to South Korea for a visit.
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Taiwanese Navy detected an unidentified submarine outside one of its major naval bases
Looks like the Chinese aren't to good in Hidding that fact
The natural enemy of submarines are stray fishing nets. Once tangled in their propeller, the boat is pretty paralyzed, and all it can do is surface, and hope that somehow the netting can be cleared, and that it hasn’t done too much damage.
The trick is to have some stray fishing nets in the path of where the enemy submarines are lurking.
The trick is to have some stray fishing nets in the path of where the enemy submarines are lurking.
Maybe with some mines attached to it.
The trick is to have some stray fishing nets in the path of where the enemy submarines are lurking.
Maybe with some mines attached to it.
I thinks propellers are bit outdated. I think modern subs use “pump jets.”
Their Kilo class submarines have 1 x fixed-pitch Propeller, the Shang Song, Yuan, Xia and Han class has asymmetrical seven blade skewed propeller, Jin class unknown, but likely propeller.
Cool. Nets it is... I wonder if its possible to develop “air-dropped” nets.
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