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Old 08-28-14, 08:12 PM   #2
magicstix
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Originally Posted by Hinrich Schwab View Post
Agreed. The only thing debatable are those issues that are publicly known. Nuke boats make constant noise with certain cooling systems. Diesels make noise during a battery charge and AIP boats have very expensive fuel cells to replace.
Just because a nuke has a reactor doesn't mean it needs a coolant pump, and just because it has a coolant pump doesn't mean you can hear said pump outside of the hull. ;P
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