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Originally Posted by SeaQueen
I would expect that sort of behavior. The Kilo is really not intended as an ASW platform. It has an ASW capability which is to say that it can shoot back, but that's very different from saying, "my platform of choice for ASW is a kilo." Really, they designed the kilo for sitting off the coast of Norway, Petropavlosk, and the Baltic Sea in order to deter amphibious assault. Hunting subs was for nukes and other platforms.
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Yes Seaqueen but he was not emphasizing on killing the 688 but rather his own Kilo poor acoustic performance. He expected the Kilo to be more silent. And that the 688 to be noisier than him crawling at 4 knots which is a logical expectation imo.