Submarine Crash Shows Navy Had Gaps in Mapping System

NY Times ^ | January 15, 2005 | CHRISTOPHER DREW

[taxesareforever]

Even though not his fault, I believe that the skipper will become the scapegoat. Normal operandi for the Navy.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Very interesting stuff at the link.

[Boot Hill]

8	“A variety of satellite data is now showing that many sea charts, including some that still rely on notations from the days when sailors navigated by the stars, are inaccurate.”

Did you catch that idiotic comment by the NYT reporter? Wow, you mean once upon a time, they really navigated by the stars? Why that must have been eons ago. Like maybe 10 or 20 years ago! Where do they keep finding bozo's like this?

--Boot Hill

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Where do they keep finding bozo's like this?

ROFL!!!

I don't know, I don't work there....

[neverdem]

From time to time, I’ll post or ping on noteworthy articles about politics, foreign and military affairs. FReepmail me if you want on or off my list.

If you don't like military and technology pings, forget it. I apologize. Otherwise, there are some very interesting links and comments.

[Ready4Freddy]

I've seen several accounts that said the distance was 370 nm, which would be very close to the distance you calculated.

Note the mileage is not the 360-370 miles that this, and other, MSM article have been quoting, but rather 75 miles farther SSE.

[neverdem]

Cool links, thank you!

[Boot Hill]

You're right, very close.

--Boot Hill

[Straight Vermonter]

I don't think it can, radar depends on reflection...

I think certain frequencies penetrate the water well. This is a radar map of the Earth.

The map below has been sectioned into 16 clickable regions. Clicking on a particular region will open a new window showing the zoomed in region in more detail.

© 1997, David T. Sandwell

[Straight Vermonter]

PDF on the problems/possibilities of mapping the ocean floor from space.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Most interesting.....and we have known the charts were poor.

Will look at that some more tomorrow.,...Nite!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See #69 and #70.

[Gondring]

Very interesting stuff at the link.

Unfortunately, that link doesn't seem to highlight the bathymetric use of LFAS, but I'm having 'puter problems and can't search for a better page.

[Boot Hill]

8	“I've seen several accounts that said the distance was 370 nm...”

Hey, wait just a darn minute! 370 nanometers, why that's smaller than the period at the end of this sentence.   J

--Boot Hill

[neverdem]

See #69 and #70.

Ernest save yourself the keystrokes when I start the thread, unless it's become much more than a few hours old and I haven't made or received any comments in that time frame.

[JimRed]

Remember the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade...

That was an accident; the Cliton administration said so.

[JimRed]

That's CLINTON administration JimRed!

[Ready4Freddy]

Well now, they didn't disclose the actual top speed of the boat, did they???????? ;>)

[neverdem]

That map is quite disorienting. What is underwater? It has no legend. I find maps on the internet to be problematic because of scaling and orientation. If I didn't recognize the coastline between Korea and Vietnam, I'd be lost.

[lainde]

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