| From: | Sommers sommers@*****.umich.edu |
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| Subject: | Naval Military Might (Submarines and Drone Fighters) |
| Date: | Fri, 16 Jul 1999 20:34:20 -0400 |
>In article <4.2.0.58.19990715150422.00979bb0@*****.engin.umich.edu>,
>Sommers <sommers@*****.edu> writes
> >On that drone you put all the uplink gear for all of the rest of the
> >drones. From that all of them can be controlled. The sub does not have to
> >loiter on the surface, it can be as far down as that control cable goes.
>
>Drop a homing torpedo on the uplink's location and it'll find the submarine.
>Trust me on this :)
Depends on how you do the linkage. How easy is it to find a laser
transmitter/uplink system? If the buoy is pumping out all sorts of radio
transmissions, it'll be found. You keep it up to light transmissions,
there's a lot less to home in on.
Oh, and make them cheap and carry a few.
Sommers
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