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Old 09-22-07, 05:31 AM   #5
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Haha, you mean FOXER, a devious and cunning decoy which took months of research to perfect.
It also gave away a convoys position - could heard for miles. And it made the towing ships hydrophones less effective.
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I wouldn't think the Foxer was any more of a sound beacon than the engine noise of 60-70 large ships in convoy...

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