[Irish Rose]

Sounds good. Maybe we can get some stealth submarines ourselves. As they say - beg, borrow, or steal...

[neodad]

I thought their new sub was going to be named Allah Ahkbar. What happened?

[snarks_when_bored]

All weapons systems will be disabled by default...

[NormsRevenge]

The Royal Navy's Astute class submarine is a nuclear-powered attack submarine.

http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/astute/

[steve86]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830846/posts

[MindBender26]

>>> submarine which from the Channel is able to detect the QE2 cruise liner leaving New York harbour was unveiled yesterday.

BS. Way too much background noise, interference, loss, etc to do that. Even if it could,sound would be hours in transit, multiple paths, convergence zones, etc. etc. .

BS

[srotaG adirolF]

God help them if that thing runs like a Land Rover. It will be in drydock more than out patrolling the oceans.

[mkjessup]

A new £1.2 billion Royal Navy submarine which from the Channel is able to detect the QE2 cruise liner leaving New York harbour was unveiled yesterday.

What a shame the 'Astute' couldn't have been launched a few months ago, they would have been able to watch those sailors from the Cornwallis being taken prisoner by the Iranians!

As brilliant and innovative a vessel as the Astute may be, without the national will to use it when confronted by enemies, bandits and terrorists, it may as well be a lone buoy floating in the harbour.

[Hell to pay]

[miliantnutcase]

It would be interesting to see how she stacks up against Seawolf, and Virginia class. Probably more comparable to Virginia- Seawolf was so over the top powerful and expensive we could only afford a couple. I don’t think Britain could field anything as expensive, especially with all the cuts the Royal Navy has been taking.

[weegie]

Lots of comments on The Royal Navy's willingness or ability to deploy submarines in an aggressive way

Perhaps we should ask the Argentinian Navy?

[agere_contra]

The nuclear power plant has the acoustic signature of a torch battery and is the size of a family car.

Sweet Lord.

[agere_contra]

IIRC the German dolphin class has the same brand of ultra-stealth - but of course is non-nuclear.

[Vinnie]

Notice the ‘notch’ in the hull just in front of the sail.
Directs water around the sail? From seeing subs on the surface, water across the deck may be directed away from the sail. But subs are designed for underwater. Curious.

Also the hull shape, faceted. Similar to an F-117.

The lack of a propeller, interesting.
Reminds me of the Red October from Tom Clancy’s book.
It had a revolutionary propulsion system that took in water similar to a jet engine and exhausted it for propulsion.
IIRC the US Navy referred to it as a ‘tractor drive’, very quiet.

[freemike]

This is nice, they will have another boat to add to their fleet of 22 ships.

[sergeantdave]

Just curious, will Britian share this technology with us or must we hire a spy to steal it?

[Colorado Doug]

The nuclear power plant has the acoustic signature of a torch battery and is the size of a family car.

I would like to have one of those!

[RightWhale]

Sure are a lot of threads for a Stealth Secret project.