An All-Submarine Navy(?)

OpinionEditorials ^ | 6-19-07 | Mike Burleson

[oakcon]

Nice.

[denydenydeny]

as occurred when a Chinese SONG class stalked the USS KITTY HAWK last year,

I stopped reading after this nonsense.

[Cheburashka]

Japan worked on that problem.

http://www.steelnavy.com/I400.htm

[null and void]

Sneak a few of these babies into the Caspian Sea ;o)

Are you certain we haven't?

[Osage Orange]

lol!

[stuartcr]

Subs can’t support ground troops, or launch aircraft that can.

[Robert A Cook PE]

No.

I like targets, and targets will get sunk - easily and simply.

But you simply can’t carry enough tons of cargo underwater. Ain’t no way no how nobody is gonna pay enough to carry cheap cargo in a gold-plated ship. And subs would be cheaper if they were only gold-plated. 8<)

Cargo ships and escorts with dedicated radar and anti-missile launchers have their place. (Admittedly, that place might be sunk ....)

Besides - a sub can get sunk as easy once it surfaces near a harbor or port by a bottom-laid mine or torpedo or surface kamikaze watercraft/personal boat just as easily as a normal ship.

[stuartcr]

There are a number of jokes about those men, that comes to mind...but I won’t repeat them here.

[RexBeach]

Right! The new turbines in today’s DDGs can really dig their props into the water for quick starts and superb maneuverability.

But, you’re right also about being chased by a missile, and even if the Phalanx takes it out, you might still get deadly shrapnel all over the ship - and then some.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Sneak a few of these babies into the Caspian Sea ;o)

Are you certain we haven’t?

By air drop?

[null and void]

It worked for Lake Baikal...

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

Also, I understand that Russia has supersonic cruise missiles that could be tough to shoot down.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

Also, I understand that Russia has supersonic cruise missiles that could be tough to shoot down.

[ken5050]

Has Russia sold them to Iran?

[Waverunner]

Anyone remember “ The Bedford Incident” - great movie.

When subs are high value enough, there’s always the nuclear depth charge. ( Close counts with horse shoes, hand grenades and nuclear depth charges).

[SShultz460]

The can launch Global Hawks with Hellfire capabilities

[RightWhale]

I am of the opinion that in full-scale shooting war at sea

The assertion is meaningless. This opinion may be a leftover of a bad dream, perhaps inspired by a bite of potato salad left out in the sun too long at the office picnic.

[Mariner]

The Capital Ships of the US Fleet are protected by the nuclear triad.

The price of sinking a carrier is unlimited nuclear war.

[RexBeach]

Great film: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Martin Balsam and James MacArthur who fired the “sub-roc” by accident.