Swedish Sub Sinks The USS Ronald Reagan (Video)

ChicoER Gate ^ | 5/4/10 | Chuck Wolk

[bmwcyle]

The sea is a big place when you are under water. I was on one of the quietest subs of the day. 90% of the time we won the war games.

[FreedomPoster]

I don’t think you said that at all, or at least much of it. And I wasn’t disagreeing with you at all, just supplementing it.

[Chode]

with sonar coming from two different directions, shouldn't there be a "hole" instead of a "return" that would show up on the passive array???

[luckybogey]

The “Be Aware” UT video is dated October 26, 2006

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[AdmSmith]

A long thread from February http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2450459/posts

[EricT.]

I joined the Navy in 1987. I heard plenty of stories about sailors during the Carter years doing lines off the radar scope and smoking joints on the fantail.

[rarestia]

Long gone are the glory days of the WWII Navy, I suppose. I’ll enjoy our country’s world dominance through movies. I don’t think we’ll see it in real life again.

[pabianice]

OK, my question to you would be, do you think our military is to sophisticated, and that we need to get back to basics so we can meet the challenge of the new era as Defense Secretary Robert Gates alluded to?

When money gets tight, the US military traditionally cuts unglamorous programs like ASW and anti-mine warfare. Then, sure as shooting, we get our asses handed to us when the next war happens. We nearly lost England and our logistic capability when German submarines ruled the Atlantic in the early part of WW II. It was only when we developed new ASW assets in sufficient numbers did the Atlantic War turn to our advantage.