You’re the man to ask this question then:
The Soviets didn’t have titanium hulls on at least some submarines?
I can see those things being dumped by the thousands with little pingers on them. They would have to die sometime though since if they didn’t the ocean would have to be littered with little pingers. Clappers and simple and cheap though.
What did the Soviets do, if anything, to counteract these things? Did they dump them on our boats?
What did the Soviets do, if anything, to counteract these things? Did they dump them on our boats?
I worked for a military contractor at the time.
I don’t know if the Rooskis used them on us, but at under $10 per clapper, you literally drop a few hundred at a time. Any that went to the bottom of the ocean were just the cost of doing business. It’s like shooting a machine gun, you know most of the rounds aren’t hitting the target, but one hit is all you need.