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Originally Posted by ikalugin
Yes, ships are noisy enough to be tracked beyond visual range from a surfaced sub. The actual ranges are dependent on the conditions. In theory you could pick up stuff from hundreds of miles away in perfect conditions, but this is unlikely.
Because of the extreme ranges missiles have you indeed have to rely on external sensors for targeting if you use longer ranged stuff, but for shorter range stuff you could use passive sonar.
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