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Old 05-24-11, 08:36 AM   #19
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I dunno, I think SSNs have a good chance then because their ability to dash after making their attack. By the time even air ASW assets arrive, they will be within tens of miles of where the attack took place. That is of course assuming that the raiding will focus on distant, open seas with support always some flight time away. In that sense, SSNs are probably better than aircraft because they maintain a chance of never being detected and the direction from which they attacked or where they retreated to never actually verified.

SSKs won't have that luxury though. They will still be within a few miles of the attack site when long-range aircraft arrive, and have a much narrower margin for making their escape. They still stand a chance, but it's much trickier for them.
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