In regards to boasting its not what i was doing, the fact is the akula sonar systems can detect things over 28,000mhz at distant ranges if you look into the US systems they can detect anything within distance of 16000mhz the akula does have a very good range on the sonar but the display screen lets it down.
Might i suggest if you ever fancy a holiday go to st petersburg and go to malakhit design station there, parts are open to the public, (this is off the topic btw) its intresting to see the early designs of submarines and what they have evolved into.
If you look at US Submarines they havnt really changed since the 1960's they all have the same shape, not so true with the russians, the russians learnt alot about hydrodynamics hence why they have stream lined submarines, the sails are shapped (akulas and victors phoons and others) to slice the ice open where american subs just push it up and over.
there are many areas in which the russians are clearly more advanced than the americans, but it also works the other way.
If you put the akula out to sea with seawolf control and weapons systems coupled with the silencing tech of the seawolf you will have one very fast agile and deadly submarine.
But you should never ever underestimate people and unit abilities, a competant captain could still sink even the most advanced ship or submarine in the world.
A little diesel submarine from sweden took on the USN didnt they and look at the mess it made it rang rings around the fleet.
the americans train with the british and i know for a good fact the british can run rings around the americans, you only have to ask both sides there.
We had one case last year the americans wouldnt take part in a naval exercise because they thought the germans were being unfair, to to please the americans the germans had to put noise makers on thier submarines just so the US navy had something to look for.
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