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Originally Posted by Palindromeria
ok - sounds like im back to "maybe but unlikely"
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I'd say it's more like an ice cube's chance in hell. Multistatic acoustics are pretty cool, but there's a fair amount of voodoo to it. Pulling what they described off is not nearly as straightforward or they make it sound like.
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ive only read a couple of his works and was not aware of such embellishment.
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Early Tom Clancy was actually pretty good compared to a lot of stuff other there. I think there was an attempt at trying to bring some authenticity to his work. The thing is, ultimately it's fiction. At the points it breaks down, though, it's kind of a joke to people involved in actual naval matters.
Tom Clancy isn't a navy man. He's an insurance salesman with a penchant for right-wing radio talk shows and macho man military fantasies. He got into wargaming and made friends with people who actually did have a great deal of experience in naval matters and used them to lend a certain authenticity to his early books.
The thing is, he's just that. I don't even think he writes his own books anymore. He just hires ghost writers. He's become a brand name more than anything else.