Posted on 01/14/2005 8:30:19 PM PST by neverdem
heh!Yeah we probably scared him off when the Viking Kitties piled on to him on his thread.
Maybe his head was so empty it just imploded and no one noticed.
I believe its the $'s, and prioritys..which have now been reshuffled.
Looks like the nose is made of fiberglass. Not surprising it would shatter and make the damage look worse than it is.
Sounds good in theory, but what about area's of the oceans populated by pirate types or other mischivous types that would interfere with or outright steal the UAV's?
You plan at the outset for a certain percentage of loss of UAV due to storm, malfunction and mischief. I could also envision certain "self protection" features built into craft entering hostile waters.
--Boot Hill
"the Cliton administration said so."
Well, alrighty then. :-)
RADAR doesn't work underwater
During WW2 submarines could not survive as deep as 500 ft. Also unless you've been there(onboard at sea) its hard to understand how they operate.
I won't argue that the NOAA department is a bit bloated.
In that same vein though -
Why use the USAF to hunt hurricanes?
Why use the Public Health Service in Zone 4 biohazard events?
Why have Army EOD support local Police?
FWIW, all NOAA officers hold reserve commissions in the world's most advanced NAVY, ours - to be used as navigators and mapmakers in wartime.
One need only look at the fracas in the Falklands to see why we still need these folks. Even more recent was their work in the littoral areas of Iraq.
BTW - the Surgeon General is a General.
But former submarine captains said Navy investigators were likely to examine whether it had been prudent to travel at such a high speed, 30 knots, given the age and spottiness of the information."
High speed transits should not be that uncommon in the wide open Pacific Ocean.
What they should (and probably will) do is ask SUBPAC why they plotted an unrestricted SUBNOTE through this area. Why was the SOA so fast that the boat had to go to a flank bell to get back on PIM?
SUBPAC does not own the water east of the International dateline. That responsibility belongs to COMSUBGRU 7 in Yokosuka Japan. SUBPAC only monitors those subnotes. Unrestricted subnotes are generally given for maximum operational flexibility. Given the blatantly appearant high SOA during the transit this incident may make the 7th Fleet look at building in more time for submerged transits between required engagements (I dont know, maybe the San Fran was broken down and had to leave port late).
it didn't help having a eletronics tech 90 day wonder as co of a spy ship. (not that i'm knocking et's, but this was not the correct posting for a spy ship commander)and he plodded along for a long time after he knew he was spotted, should have run for open sea. the Russian "trawler" off Guam did. and no, i'm not a ex-sub man, i kept turning the sub job down because i like my liberty.
that was in reply to the Pueblo thread...
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