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2014-02-25 Science & Technology

NATO Bombed Soviet Submarines With Tiny, Annoying Magnets

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-02-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Actually they bombed a Royal Navy sub using tiny, flapping magnets. Hell of an idea, evidently impossible to practice with.

Posted by Shipman 2014-02-25 05:16|| 2014-02-25 05:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Right up til they encounter a Politevskiy class boat, known to NATO as a Alfa.
Titanium hull and all that.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-02-25 07:14|| 2014-02-25 07:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Titanium hull and all that.

Well, then we'll make TITANIUM magnets. Duh!. /me polishes his Technocrat merit badge.

Book sounds interesting. "Blind Man's Bluff" is another good book about submarine war. Focuses on espionage.

Posted by SteveS 2014-02-25 12:26|| 2014-02-25 12:26|| Front Page Top

#4 ..dunno Steve S. - thinkin' Velcro and/or duct tape..and (mechanical) dolphins..

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-02-25 14:17|| 2014-02-25 14:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Crazy glue.

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-02-25 15:35|| 2014-02-25 15:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Hell with an PoliteSky you'd didn't need magnets, Sara Palin could hear it.

Posted by Shipman 2014-02-25 17:07|| 2014-02-25 17:07|| Front Page Top

#7 When an Alfa went undersea-sailing
Past her house, all hands crowded the railing.
Do Red squids wave tentacles
At gals who wear spectacles?
How would I know? Go ask Sara Palin.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2014-02-25 17:44|| 2014-02-25 17:44|| Front Page Top

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