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Chinese sub stalks U.S. carrier
not really that big of news, but it's been a slow news day (actually a slow news month). The russians did this all the time.
They also stalked them during war games, but the U.S. said they weren't running anti sub operations. That's either bull****, or they aren't doing a very good wargame. They should always be on the lookout for subs. I always felt this way when I was in. I always felt like our ships were defenseless out there. And we were. No one ever expects anyone to attack us. Ship security and defense systems were very lax.
It was a diesal-electric which can be very quiet (when using electric obviously). And from the comments on the first link, they said 5 miles is not torpedo range. I was not a weapons guy when I was in the navy, so I have no idea what the torpedo ranges were. But it was within missile range. Firing missiles would be a suicide attack, but they might be able to get some through.
They also stalked them during war games, but the U.S. said they weren't running anti sub operations. That's either bull****, or they aren't doing a very good wargame. They should always be on the lookout for subs. I always felt this way when I was in. I always felt like our ships were defenseless out there. And we were. No one ever expects anyone to attack us. Ship security and defense systems were very lax.
It was a diesal-electric which can be very quiet (when using electric obviously). And from the comments on the first link, they said 5 miles is not torpedo range. I was not a weapons guy when I was in the navy, so I have no idea what the torpedo ranges were. But it was within missile range. Firing missiles would be a suicide attack, but they might be able to get some through.
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