MicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoUS Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarine surfaces off Norway in unusual flex as 'Doomsday' plane flies overheadwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1130arrow-down1external-linkUS Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarine surfaces off Norway in unusual flex as 'Doomsday' plane flies overheadwww.businessinsider.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
A US Navy nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine surfaced in the Norwegian Sea. It was accompanied by a guided-missile cruiser and two naval aircraft. The show of force came weeks after Russia sent a submarine and naval fleet to Cuba.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·6 months ago but didn’t Soviet attack subs wait outside the home ports for the SSBNs to try to stay on their tail, and they never managed to? I wouldn’t be surprised. But I know one of the most classified parts of a sub, is what the propeller looks like. Because then you could determine what it sounds like. Knowing one was at X location at Y time is dangerous because then recordings can be compared to other periods and if anything stands out… Then you can search for that. It’s just a whole lot of risk in area we go thru ridiculous pains to minimize any risk, for no legit payoff. There’s just no logic behind this move or rationalization of it.
I wouldn’t be surprised.
But I know one of the most classified parts of a sub, is what the propeller looks like. Because then you could determine what it sounds like.
Knowing one was at X location at Y time is dangerous because then recordings can be compared to other periods and if anything stands out…
Then you can search for that.
It’s just a whole lot of risk in area we go thru ridiculous pains to minimize any risk, for no legit payoff.
There’s just no logic behind this move or rationalization of it.