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SandyCaesar · 11-06-08, 07:29 PM

That story's new to me.

AFAIK, the Russian Sierras are the modern-day version of the Alfas, only much quieter and without the replaceable reactor core. No mass-production, once again.

But, going backwards, Alfas and Sierras can dive to that depth to evade attacks. Fine. I'm wondering, though, what they could do down there. 3000 feet sounds far deeper than what Russian torpedos can do, and while a titanium pressure hull can stand that, I'm not sure about an opened torpedo tube. So they could go super-deep for evasion, but for attacks they'd have to pop up to within the Mk48's envelope. Am I right?

11-06-08, 07:29 PM	#28
SandyCaesar Chief Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: HMS Thanatus Posts: 325 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That story's new to me. AFAIK, the Russian Sierras are the modern-day version of the Alfas, only much quieter and without the replaceable reactor core. No mass-production, once again. But, going backwards, Alfas and Sierras can dive to that depth to evade attacks. Fine. I'm wondering, though, what they could do down there. 3000 feet sounds far deeper than what Russian torpedos can do, and while a titanium pressure hull can stand that, I'm not sure about an opened torpedo tube. So they could go super-deep for evasion, but for attacks they'd have to pop up to within the Mk48's envelope. Am I right? __________________ Vanvikan, Feb. 2009: ordinary human, KIA, night 4 HMS Thanatus, May 2009: ??? human, KIA, night 7