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2004-11-12 China-Japan-Koreas

Hosoda Says Chinese Submarine Entered Japanese Waters

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-11-12 6:00:22 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Chinese Nuc boat?

Those old teakettles are noisy and very unique - the Japanese must have been bluffing to give China cover to get that turd out of the punchbowl, when they said they didn't know whose it was. They know, probably very early - given the electronics and signals processing capabilities the Japanese have.

I'd say drop a fish on em - Mk48 ADCAP, but with a dummy warhead. Watch them haul ass when they hear the trop hit the water and the motor kick in. And be sure to give them fresh laundry and mops when they surface - there will be excrement all over the deck inside that sub after they hear that torpedo in the water.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-11-12 10:23:50 AM|| 2004-11-12 10:23:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey OS - the Mk48 is fired only from subs. The Mk 46 or Mk 50 is launced from the surface. You can't take the warhead out of the fish without runining it.

One thing we used to do was put an electric shaver up to "GERTRUDE" (the underwater mic that works like a megaphone underwater) The electric shaver over GERTRUDE sounds exactly like a fish in the water. Its only good for a quick scare since the Signal to Noise ration never changes. Anyway - it was still fun to get a quick scare out of them. Most times we even got cavitation from then by doing this.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-11-12 10:55:41 AM|| 2004-11-12 10:55:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Any particular brand of razor?

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-12 12:50:51 PM|| 2004-11-12 12:50:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Back atcha Gator boy! My county (Anne Arundal)here in Maryland--of all places--went for Bush! Giddy up!

Posted by Dragon Fly 2004-11-12 1:11:19 PM|| 2004-11-12 1:11:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 You'd think they had an LA class somewhere in the neighborhood for the ADCAP.

Didnt know you couldn't disable or pull the warhead.

Mk46 - thats what the Helos drop, right?

Naval is not my specialty, unfortunately - only spent a bit learning about Iceland, and what P3's do as adjunct to my duties at one time... Mines a bit more on the human side of things, ground forces, etc. I'm a bit like a Marine in that respect - the Navy is just a means for getting the important stuff there. < grin >

Posted by OldSpook 2004-11-12 1:38:43 PM|| 2004-11-12 1:38:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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