All but dropping the weapon

[Rossian]

Jeez, tourist you are sourpuss....

.....I suppose all those ex-submariners who covered this field extensively in a doco at the back end of last year were being professional because they were ex-RN. They weren't "trying to big themselves up" were they?

Actually, no they weren't. No more than any of the aviation community are trying to "big themselves up". They gave the public at large a genuine insight into maritime operations during the Cold War - and a fascinating insight it was too. But there were areas they did not venture into in the same way that people here have kept within certain bounds.

The Ancient Mariner

PS ~Stanwell BUB = break up bomb -usuallyabout 28 lbs that left a smoke mark on the surface of the sea.
SUS = signal underwater sound - created a small bang which indicated to the sub you were exercising with that you had carried out a practice attack