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Catfish · 08-17-12, 07:13 AM

I have always wondered ..

The main reason for the noise on a nuclear sub are the cooling pumps ?

From a certain speed on (appropriate water intakes assumed) a nuclear submarine should not need its active water pumps, and the project 971 Bars has two inlets slightly ahead/below of the reactor compartment.

Is there even an IUSS/Sosus in the mexican gulf ? I take it is not so easy anymore, to find and trail a russian sub of the recent generation.

08-17-12, 07:13 AM	#9
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,773 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	I have always wondered .. The main reason for the noise on a nuclear sub are the cooling pumps ? From a certain speed on (appropriate water intakes assumed) a nuclear submarine should not need its active water pumps, and the project 971 Bars has two inlets slightly ahead/below of the reactor compartment. Is there even an IUSS/Sosus in the mexican gulf ? I take it is not so easy anymore, to find and trail a russian sub of the recent generation.