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The Swedish Submarine that Sank a US Aircraft Carrier
Dark Docks via Youtube ^ | 04/04/20

Posted on 05/09/2020 12:40:45 PM PDT by Enlightened1

Brand-new, nuclear powered, capable of carrying twice as many aircraft as most competing foreign carriers, and protected by an entire task force... the $6.2 billion USS Ronald Reagan seemed invincible leading up to an international war game exercise in 2005. It was a stunning blow then, and a complete shock, when - against all odds - a super stealth submarine from Sweden snuck past the USS Ronald Regan’s defenses and scored enough mock torpedo hits to sink it during *multiple* attack runs. The Americans never saw it coming… and never saw it leave…

 

https://youtu.be/L26RZdmQ2nE

 

 

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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: exercise; hmsgotland; nato; navy; ronaldreagan; submarine; sweden; ussronaldreagan
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

and the Navy excuses continue


21 posted on 05/09/2020 2:08:04 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Enlightened1
Photo of the crew:


22 posted on 05/09/2020 2:10:54 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Enlightened1
Embarrassing.

Sunk by...


23 posted on 05/09/2020 2:14:25 PM PDT by moovova
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To: dblshot
I remember something about Israeli pilots mounting auto radar detectors in their jets to defeat US radar guided missile systems some years ago.

The story I heard (and from what I take to be a reliable source) a U.S. unit that was engaged in tactical evaluation testing against a an Air Force "aggressor" unit. They mounted unauthorized automobile radar detectors as threat warning receivers to give themselves an edge. Not necessarily a great idea in combat. For one thing, cheap threat warning receivers suffer LO leakage that an enemy can exploit. That kind of modification would not remain secret for long, and the enemy would change frequencies or waveforms making the modification a liability.

There are hazards associated with mounting unauthorized electronics, like fire, electrical shorts, and crash worthiness.

24 posted on 05/09/2020 2:14:28 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit - Aeneas to his fellow shipwrecked refugees)
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To: Enlightened1

IIRC, the sub uses fuel cells to generate electricity and is ultra quiet as there is no steam flowing through pipes and valves and turbines to make noise.


25 posted on 05/09/2020 2:14:52 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyrants don't just give you your freedoms back. You have to take them.)
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To: colorado tanker

Excellent defense system. The folks on the Ronald Reagan could not see the forest (the sub) for the trees (hot chicks)


26 posted on 05/09/2020 2:37:17 PM PDT by redfreedom
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“Sweden can hide their sub but they can´t hide Sweden.”

BINGO!


27 posted on 05/09/2020 2:48:21 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Enlightened1
>multiple attack runs

Unless their first virtual torpedo volley was adjudicated undodgeable and sufficient to sink her I doubt the outcome. They’d certainly notice fish in the water, especially any that hit! And then their behavior would have changed.

28 posted on 05/09/2020 2:55:08 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (waiting for the tweets to hatch)
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To: Enlightened1

What’s worse is that the sub was put together over a weekend using a kit from IKEA. They were guided by the guy who wrote the instruction manual.


29 posted on 05/09/2020 3:02:54 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

I would think modern jets come equipped with far superior radar detection systems than an automotive radar detector.


30 posted on 05/09/2020 3:10:11 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

That’s the whole point. Electronic warfare is a subtle and well developed art. Amateur improvisation may work occasionally, but it’s more likely to get someone killed.


31 posted on 05/09/2020 3:54:03 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit - Aeneas to his fellow shipwrecked refugees)
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To: redfreedom

The Swedes put gals on their subs too? Do they drop the standards as well to allow them in and assign class quotas for graduation?


32 posted on 05/09/2020 4:51:46 PM PDT by MSF BU
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To: Enlightened1

Well, if the submarine hadn’t turned on its GPS transmitter, how were we supposed to detect it?


33 posted on 05/09/2020 6:38:46 PM PDT by BobL
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To: Farmerbob; The_Media_never_lie
I wouldn't be super confident about the modern navy's ability to cooly react and track after reading the Fitzgerald and McCain accident reports.

https://features.propublica.org/navy-accidents/us-navy-crashes-japan-cause-mccain/

34 posted on 05/09/2020 6:40:32 PM PDT by Wayne07
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

I don’t see automotive radar detectors working even once. They simply cannot match the detection sensitivity that purpose built equipment can manage.


35 posted on 05/11/2020 9:50:03 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Enlightened1

Almost certainly they have. Anything mechanical generates noise. Subs with AIP propulsion are incredibly quiet but not impossible to find, if you know what you’re looking for and where on the noise spectrum to look. The U.S. Navy learned a lot from these exercises, which is why they kept the sub around for so long.


36 posted on 05/11/2020 9:56:52 AM PDT by Lower Deck
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