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  • ‘Captain, a Diesel Submarine Is Right Under Us’: $4,500,000,000 U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Was ‘Torpedoed’

    10/17/2025 7:19:55 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 54 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | Oct 17, 2025 | Isaac Seitz
    Key Points and Summary - In a massive 1999 naval exercise, the Dutch diesel-electric submarine HNLMS Walrus, playing the role of an adversary, achieved a stunning simulated victory against a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group. -Told it was "expected to lose," the submarine's skilled crew used stealth and passive sonar to penetrate the defensive screen. -The Walrus "sank" multiple escorts before launching a successful mock torpedo attack on the supercarrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. The carrier is valued at around $4.5 billion and has thousands of personnel on board. -It then daringly sailed directly underneath the carrier to escape, proving the...
  • U.S. striving to detect diesel submarines

    07/10/2006 5:40:08 AM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 85 replies · 2,366+ views
    Star Tribune ^ | July 08, 2006 – 11:00 PM | Eric Rosenberg Hearst Newspapers
    U.S. striving to detect diesel submarines The Navy is concentrating its efforts to find the quiet, difficult-to-detect crafts in Asia and the Pacific region. Eric Rosenberg Hearst Newspapers Last update: July 08, 2006 – 11:00 PM WASHINGTON - The U.S. Navy is stepping up its program for detecting new diesel-powered submarines that are extremely quiet, hard to find and increasingly relied upon by China, Iran and North Korea.