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micky1up · 04-05-07, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II

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Originally Posted by micky1up

Absolute speculation. Funny enough 2 mins is the bogey time for a fire in the torpedeo compartment to set off the other torpedoes. The info from the science station is compelling - the first explosion, then 2 mins later the 2nd which is the exact type of explosion as the first but multiplied many time. These are the other torpedoes cooking off. No trailing sub would have come anyhere near the kursk its job is to monitor and report info. What use is this info if you dont bring it back to base and in my experience the only nations sub that has ever used harrasing manovers is the russians. We in the nato alliance do not conduct such manouvers what would be the point? Yes those subs where their to monitor the exercise but the whole point is to monitor not acctually become part of the exercise. Althouogh US submariners like their army and airforce are prone to the odd gung ho incident, no captain could ever justify such a risk too his own crew. It just wouldnt happen

Better. Unfortunately, I (and I think many others) do not have the same confidence with US Captains as you do. But then, there are a wide range of Captain personalities.

Captains that will falsify their log records and intrude into other people's waters for intelligence work (breaking even the very broad interpretations Americans use for "innocent passage"). Captains who also take pride of the underhulling exploits. Even if I assume that they are boasts and not real exploits, such people can hardly be trusted to place the crew's safety over 1) altruistically, the USN's need for intelligence and/or 2) cynically, the Captain's career and reputation.

Besides, it is supposed to be a real acoustic murk in the Barents at times. To get intelligence, getting close might have been the tactical necessity.

when conducting such missions there is a list of priorities first being safety