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Originally Posted by Kapitan
I will openly admit that the russian sonar systems on the submarines even todays ones are well quite antiquated but they are trying to step up with the newer waterfall displays.
BAe makes some of the parts not the entire system of sonar for the seawolf and viginia just like it does with the exocet and other products.
Im not climing that the USN training is crap because its a good navy however do think they should commission in at least a dozen SSK's so they dont have to lease any forign submarines, of corse australia and sweden would oblige they are paid enough to do so and they are allies.
As for sonar systems apart from BAe makes some part's thats about as much as i know i cant operate them i cant use them.
Yeah im young and wet behind the ears but theres nothing like learning something new every day.
Oh and why the russian trail you on the surface? simple cause thier own SSN's are useless for open ocean tracking i think even the akula would struggle to keep tabs on the ohio.
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The U.S. Navy will never imploy a SSK. There is simply no need for it in our mission profile. We just decomm'd our greatest SSK, Dolphin, due to it going beyond it's "shelf-life" and mission. Your comment regarding BAE and our sonar was pressed as an insult, not "learning something new". The whole scheme of your post has been insulting to the U.S. ASW community as a matter of fact. All you could do is provide "proof" as to how bad our crews are and not the whole reasoning of why we are even doing the excercises...hence the first paragraph in my post. I might suggest you do the unbias research before commenting. Hence "wet behind the ears" comment by me.
The Perry FFG comment for instance...did you know why they were produced? They were produced cheaply and in great numbers for the escort of multiple convoys across the Atlantic and support of multiple battle groups, whether amphib or carrier. They were pre-Aegis and replaces the aging Knox class. If you place a side by side comparison, it's a step up as the Knox class barely had any weapons capability.