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Originally Posted by Molon Labe
According to most publications, RL detection range is far shorter than in DW now. So, NO.
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You know... back in the day, much was said about how sonar could detect things at ranges of hundreds or sometimes even thousands of miles. That's still true. The thing is, it all depends on the target and the acoustic conditions at the time. People don't like to believe that the really is that much variability but there is. In the '80s they were worried about hordes of NOVEMBER class submarines forcing their way through chokepoints in the northern latitudes, now they're worried about smaller numbers of KILO class submarines in tropical and subtropical latitudes. It's not that the sonars have changed, is that the environment and the targets have.