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For MSDF's newest 'ninja' submarines, it's all about stealth (Japan)
The Asahi Shimbun, Japan ^
| April 01, 2014
| FUMIAKI SONOYAMA
Posted on 03/31/2014 9:02:57 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: Jeff Head
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03/31/2014 9:03:51 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: sukhoi-30mki
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03/31/2014 9:07:01 PM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(Obama : 'You can keep your doctor if you want. I never tell a lie ')
To: sukhoi-30mki
The British are also developing a sub that runs on diesel/LOX
The HMS Bagel...
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03/31/2014 9:08:01 PM PDT
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null and void
( Everything evil in the world may not be Islamic but everything Islamic is evil.)
To: KC_Lion
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03/31/2014 9:11:16 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: sickoflibs
To: sukhoi-30mki; American Constitutionalist
1941 on Jap sub
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03/31/2014 9:16:31 PM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(Obama : 'You can keep your doctor if you want. I never tell a lie ')
To: sukhoi-30mki
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03/31/2014 9:18:06 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(The scourge of mariachis and polka bands everywhere.)
To: sickoflibs
1941 on Jap sub"Where Hollywood?"
"Right here."
"What?"
"You're looking at him."
"Who?"
"Hollis Wood."
"Where?"
"Right here! Shoot, can't you understand plain English?"
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03/31/2014 9:38:34 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: sickoflibs
As long as the Japanese stay our friends and allies I am all for it, so as long as they don’t turn into the Japan as in the 1930s 1940s.
To: null and void
Doesn’t the exhaust leave a trail of bubbles?
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03/31/2014 9:46:53 PM PDT
by
Husker24
To: sukhoi-30mki
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03/31/2014 9:48:50 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: sukhoi-30mki
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03/31/2014 9:56:22 PM PDT
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Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Husker24
It would if it were vented overboard. My understanding is that the waste heat from the exhaust is used to flash the LOX to gas so it can be mixed with the fuel and burned. The cooled exhaust is compressed and stored in high pressure cylinders and vented at the end of the mission.
Doubtless someone will be along shortly to correct me if my understanding is flawed...
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03/31/2014 10:00:49 PM PDT
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null and void
( Everything evil in the world may not be Islamic but everything Islamic is evil.)
To: null and void
The LOX is just expanded to gas and mixed with diesel in the Sterling engines. I guess just the gas pipes need some heating to prevent ice. The carbon dioxide exhaust is dissolved into the seawater without bubbles.
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03/31/2014 10:54:03 PM PDT
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MHalblaub
("Easy my friends, when it comes to the point it is only a drawing made by a non believing Dane...")
To: MHalblaub
Japanese torpedos were sure a lot better than ours in WWII. Very glad that their submarine tactics sucked.
Long Lance, I believe that they were called.
To: sukhoi-30mki
To maintain secrecy, crew members themselves often do not know when they are scheduled to return to their home port. Next time they might want to reconsider allowing reporters on board, or even talking about their sub altogether! :O
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04/01/2014 4:27:12 AM PDT
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The Duke
("Forgiveness is between them and God, it's my job to arrange the meeting.")
To: Alex Murphy
I know that movie is considered a bomb but I always got a kick out of it. I first saw it on HBO in the early 1980s.
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04/01/2014 4:46:34 AM PDT
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sickoflibs
(Obama : 'You can keep your doctor if you want. I never tell a lie ')
To: american_ranger
The Japanese strategy was that only capital ships were worthy targets. Merchant ships were to be left alone and possibly a sign of cowardice to attack one. Later, they decided to turn subs into delivery vehicles.
To: AppyPappy
That was also partly driven by their torpedoes. The Japanese Type 93 torpedoes were much larger. In consequence they carried less rounds and had to reserve them for “worthy” targets. The Japanese B1 Submarine carried 17 torpedoes in six tubes while the US Gato class (only about two thirds the size of the B1) carried 24 torpedoes in ten tubes. The class Ro Submarines carried only eight torpedoes in four tubes. Since in World War II you had to fire a spread of torpedoes in order to ensure a hit the Ro class was limited to firing two spreads of torpedoes before it had to head for home. Under such circumstances you need to wait for a very good target.
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04/01/2014 6:02:19 AM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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