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Caseck · 07-22-05, 11:41 AM

That's why I considered the above comment about the ADCAP a joke. I figured this thread was done, and certainly didn't expect a reply.

Let me explain:

I actually started that other thread AFTER this one, simply because I realized there IS so little info to work off of, and it occured to me that it wasn't because nobody's done these things, but simply because nobody is going to talk about it! There isn't any way we are going to come up with real facts on this, it's all classified, or nobody is talking about it!

In a way that's cool though, because it really leaves us in a position where we are free to guess at what these capabilities actually could be, rather than being tied to a historical or known capabilities. (Because there really are few hard facts!)

I hope that clarifies the two perspectives I seem to have on this stuff. I'm not really irrational! It's just my perspective has changed from one of being frustrated about the lack of info. At first I thought this was due to institutional lack of creativity, that this data didn't even EXIST, and that nobody had even TRIED to do this stuff, but now I understand WHY there is this lack of info, and I really respect that. It's just amazing that this stuff is locked up that tight! I mean, effectively since WWII, we really don't know ANYTHING new factwise about what submarines can do! That's crazy!

I thought the shore leave avatar was pretty funny actually.

I hope that settles things. No hard feelings.

07-22-05, 11:41 AM	#29
Caseck Torpedoman Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: CONUS Posts: 116 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	That's why I considered the above comment about the ADCAP a joke. I figured this thread was done, and certainly didn't expect a reply. Let me explain: I actually started that other thread AFTER this one, simply because I realized there IS so little info to work off of, and it occured to me that it wasn't because nobody's done these things, but simply because nobody is going to talk about it! There isn't any way we are going to come up with real facts on this, it's all classified, or nobody is talking about it! In a way that's cool though, because it really leaves us in a position where we are free to guess at what these capabilities actually could be, rather than being tied to a historical or known capabilities. (Because there really are few hard facts!) I hope that clarifies the two perspectives I seem to have on this stuff. I'm not really irrational! It's just my perspective has changed from one of being frustrated about the lack of info. At first I thought this was due to institutional lack of creativity, that this data didn't even EXIST, and that nobody had even TRIED to do this stuff, but now I understand WHY there is this lack of info, and I really respect that. It's just amazing that this stuff is locked up that tight! I mean, effectively since WWII, we really don't know ANYTHING new factwise about what submarines can do! That's crazy! I thought the shore leave avatar was pretty funny actually. I hope that settles things. No hard feelings.