Posted on 12/18/2005 6:56:53 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
That’s right. That’s how the Soviets in those days kept track of their own submarines...
That’s rather low tech but if it works...
I know nothing about navies so your info is good to hear.
My son bought me a books on disc of this story.
The US government took 20,000 pictures of the sub prior to having Howard Hughs build the Glomar Explorer.
It was a very interesting book, IIRC it was either 7 or 9 discs long.
This is the book I was talking about:
“Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine’s Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S.”
How the heck did you find a 12 year old post?
LOL!
I replied to you without even looking at the date.
Looks like the thread has been dug up a couple times already.
Guess our words are forever?
We are talking about the P-3 Orion sub hunter variant, aren’t we?
Yes we talking about the P-3 Orion sub hunter variant.
I was saying the Soviet method of watching the P-3s to locate their subs was rather Low Tech.
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