Re: How to sink the US and Israeli navies

"Andrew C. Toppan" <actoppan@nospam> wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:47:53 -0800, Henry J Cobb <hcobb@xxxxxx> wrote:

So build one SSN and one AIP "littoral" submarine to operate in
congested places like Iran's Gulf.

Do you think these "threats" are news to anybody in any position of
authority in USN?

We've been worrying over submarines in the gulf for 20 years. It's old
news.

That's a fair retort, Andrew - I for one wouldn't exactly expect the USN
*not* to think about this. But the "old news" is the USN thinking about
that threat. Right? What about the actual response to the perceived threat?
Has that changed from the WW2 stance of "let's hope like hell that we don't
tackle really quiet subs in waters where we have a frigging tough time
locating stuff?" Maybe it's just me, but I'm guessing it hasn't.

FWIW, I'm not sure how getting an SSN and an AIP into the shallower shelf
waters is exactly going to improve the situation. That just adds a couple of
submersed units that also don't know where the f**k the enemy is. Replying
to Hank, not you.

AHS


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