I saw a news brief on this submarine developed by the Swedish and can go completly undetected once submerged in the waters. We currently have one in San Diego where our military is trying to figure out how to detect this vessel. Can you imagine if this fell into the wrong hands? They would be able to go virtually anywhere without detection. AMAZING
2006-10-25 12:34:57 · 9 answers · asked by FullMast 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
the point made was that we DO NOT currently have this technology... nor do we plan on developing it. We are researching ways to detect it's presence with the help of the Swedish.
2006-10-25 12:43:09 · update #1
CLW.. I really don't care whether you belive me or not.... I was asking if anyone else saw this on TV. It was a news station last week.
2006-10-25 12:44:31 · update #2
NAVY'S NEW TARGET: SWEDISH SUB
"The Navy has formally agreed to lease a Swedish submarine and its crew for a year so U.S. nuclear-powered subs... can practice hunting it," the Virginian-Pilot reports.
The Swedish navy will send a Gotland-class sub to San Diego, where it will help [U.S. Fleet Forces Command] train to combat the potential threat of diesel-powered submarines in the hands of rogue nations.
The 200-foot submarine, which displaces 1,490 tons and carries a crew of about 30, will become frequent prey of American sub hunters nearly twice its size. Los Angeles-class fast attack submarines, for example, are 360-feet long, carry a crew of 140 and displace 7,147 tons when submerged.
The U.S. is interested in studying the quietness of the diesel-powered boats, since it no longer has any of its own, Jim Brantley, a spokesman for the Fleet Forces Command, said Wednesday. (thanks to reader JH for the tip)
2006-10-25 12:51:03 · update #3
The US Navy needs to get busy with their elite Bottom Gun training.
Check out these links:
http://www.jinsa.org/articles/articles.html/function/view/categoryid/164/documentid/2873/history/3,2360,656,164,2873
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=21464
2006-10-25 12:44:52 · answer #1 · answered by abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As much as I love the Swedes and their technology, NO submarine is "undetectable"... it's a matter of the difficulty of detection, and the training of the ASW crews.
Glad to hear our Navy has leased a diesel to get some training against. Diesel subs are almost silent when submerged, and because they mostly operate in littoral regions, the shallow water makes it even harder to detect them acoustically.
Back in 1992 or so, when the Soviet submarine threat dissolved, there was ,in the ASW-community, concern about other countries who were buying Russian and German Diesel-submarines... Iran, China specifically.
Sadly, the US government cut our ASW capabilities... the downsizing cut our P-3 Orion fleet 75%, and in 1999 the sensor operator from the S-3B Viking was removed. These two aircraft are our longer range ASW / Maritime Patrol craft, protecting our sea-lanes and the carrier.
The S-3B Viking (enlisted) Sensor Operator went because the "Officer's-Career-Protection-Community" didn't want to lose THEIR jobs... and no offense, I've ONLY seen 3 pilots in my 15 years as an SO that could do the detection and classification part of ASW worth a damn.
2006-10-25 21:18:55 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you have been watching to many reruns of The Hunt for Red October. Most of our subs have the same capability. Remember one thing. I can say as a veteran with absolute certainty that the only reason why you know about the stealth fighter and stealth bomber is because we already have developed something better that can top both of those. Stealth technology has been in the United States arsenal since the 70's and it has been experimented with since World War II. Spooky huh????
2006-10-25 19:46:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
There's a lot of ocean to lose a sub in. Did you hear they are working on a cloaking device for other objects. A major university is experimenting with bending light around an object to make it invisible. Soon we'll have undetectable subs and invisible airplanes.
2006-10-25 19:44:51 · answer #4 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We will find a way to detect any threat. Necessity is the mother of invention.
I am surprised the Sweds have the wherewithal to do such a thing.
2006-10-25 19:40:52 · answer #5 · answered by John16 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
IT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE YOU..THE UNITED STATES HAS AT LEAST 6 NUCLEAR SUBMARINES THAT HAVE THIS ABILITY AND ALL WILL BE AS SUCH SOON AS THE FLEET GETS OLDER! THE SUBMARINE PROGRAM ISN'T TALKED ABOUT MUCH,,
2006-10-25 19:40:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
You would have to provide the date and source before I would Believe YOU!
2006-10-25 19:41:17 · answer #7 · answered by Sentinel 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I thought we had this too
2006-10-25 19:43:03 · answer #8 · answered by antiekmama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we are too busy waisting our time in iraq to give a rats patootie about anything else
2006-10-25 19:48:37 · answer #9 · answered by Mrs. Puttputt 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋