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Old 20th Mar 2013, 16:57
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Lonewolf_50
 
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"American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk - a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board. By the time it surfaced the 160ft Song Class diesel-electric attack submarine is understood to have sailed within viable range for launching torpedoes or missiles at the carrier. According to senior Nato officials the incident caused consternation in the U.S. Navy."


As if this never happened during the cold war with Charlie, Victor, and IIRC a Sierra.
Not to mention the poetic license used by the journo in this article.

Do you actually know anything about real life ASW? I'll bet the under.

Boeing P-8 Poseidon - in conjuntion with a UAV system, which is not BOGOF(buy one get one free).
Concur, and a good point supporting my observation up there about MPA being part of a system.

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