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Old 16th Dec 2012, 21:48
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alfred_the_great
 
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Depends doesn't it. The requirement for weapons is significantly smaller than the requirement to locate, localise and track a SM. The weapon train required to sink a modern SSN (or a SSK) is higher than can be easily carried on a relatively small air vehicle, manned or un-manned.

If we're going for a 60% solution I'm going to take as many sonobouys as possible, everything else is just trimmings.
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