Posted on 10/20/2006 12:01:51 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Don't the Russians also have a hard to track sub??
I'm skeptical...
Its called the Kirsk, damn near silent.
The news package alone, which I saw on MSNBC this morning, was scary enough.
This is serious stuff.
And Norman Polmar is a guy to listen to. He's smart and a no nonsense kinda guy.
I am sure we'll adapt our boats to counter this threat. Question is when?
Russia also has a supersonic torpedo and plasma stealth for it's aircraft.
Their Kilo class boats are hard to track,but the Gotland is superior to it in most respects.But even the Gotland is being relegated to the background as Germany,France & even Russia bring out new SSK designs with more effecient & higher endurance AIP modules than the Gotland's liquid oxygen/diesel system.
sceptical of??
WARNING! WARNING!
Don't be. Diesel electric subs on batteries are notoriously hard to track because there is almost nothing putting out noise, the only way to passively track submarines. AIP subs are just as hard to track for the same reason, and add to that their underwater endurance is counted in weeks and not days. The sub that's quieter is the sub that wins, nuclear or not.
Now bear in mind this a technologically advanced sub from a highly industrialized country manned by a skilled, professional crew. And I cannot emphasize the quality of the crew enough, the best sub in the world is worthless if you put a bunch of amatures onboard it. Having Gotland on hand is an excellent idea for training, because if you can beat them then you have truly beaten the best at the business with the platform you're training against.
I understand that acoustics are still the primary means of detection. But, don't we also now detect magnetically...and via ultra-low frequency acoustics (subsonic physical disturbance)?
Paging Commander Bond! England needs you to steal the Stromberg submarine tracking system!
tactual = tactical
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