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Old 07-05-12, 11:32 AM   #6
TLAM Strike
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Originally Posted by Catfish View Post
From the divers' film there is a hole at the rear right end, and they propose that the U-480 struck a mine - but at the rear ?
Did it make a turn to touch it ? I mean running straight it probably would not have touched it at that place, had it been a magnetic mine it would have detonated at the hull's biggest diameter ?
Could have been an acoustic mine triggered by the sound of the submarine's props. Then it would have exploded near the stern vs the bow or midships.
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