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Originally Posted by Oberon
That's just the tracking methods we know about.
I know the Russians put a lot into wake detection on their boats, and there was talk of using lasers to probe the depths either from a submerged boat, surface ship or satellite in orbit. However, given the loss of energy water would cause a laser, I'm not sure if that's particularly practical.  |
Yea lasers stop being effective after about a 100 feet. Although Helis do use them for mine detection.
The wake detection sensors the Russians developed were mostly abandoned, the latter model Akulas either had them removed or they were never installed.