| From: | IronRaven cyberraven@********.net |
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| Subject: | Second Hand |
| Date: | Mon, 06 Sep 1999 18:49:17 -0400 |
>CAPTOR's antisubmarine only. The Russians had mobile mines, but a
>Romeo's launch system is noisy as hell.
OK, don't know a helluva lot about submarines. Anyway you cut it, I'm too
big for them and being stuffed in a metal sausage more than a few hours is
not a thing I'm real big on.
As for the CAPTORs, IIRC, they can perform target descrimination based off
of acustical signatures. Seed an approach, wait for the right kind of
target (big mother carriers, for example).
Carriers are tough, but a salvo of a dozen and a half torps would most
likely kill one.
>Still, mining's probably the best use for whichever Romeos are serviceable:
>plays to a serious US weakness, at least.
Well, can a Kilo dive deep enough and long enough on batteries to make it
a threat in ports in, say, Japan? I would think that if it could get close
enough, a deisel might be able to do the job, and I think I remember
reading the PRC has some Russian-made SSs.
Kevin Dole, aka CyberRaven, aka IronRaven, aka Steel Tengu
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