| Skybird |
09-13-07 06:35 PM |
On the topic: some days ago in another thread I reminded of the fact that an Argentine sub, a class 209, was close to sinking the British flagship, a carrier, but all 8 torpedoes fired did miss for the crew had attached the wires in a wrong way, so the torps were not to be controlled after having been launched. The British admiral later admitted that the sinking of that carrier would have caused the immediate retreat of the British fleet, and the loss of the Falkland war. I'm sure that 8 impacting German torpedoes would have made sure to get that sinking done.
Argentina was very close to defeat the British. You may want to take that into account before being too sure that a British fleet would win against a foreign navy in foreign waters that easily. I am sure that Britain was not the only nation on earth learning the lessons from the Falkland war. One failed sub attack made the difference only.
In naval exercises, a SA sub, also a type 209, recently has sunk a complete NATO armada without being detected. Take this also into account.
P.S. Venezuela operates two type-209.
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