Japanese Supersub???!!!

[Rockin Robbins]

It's very interesting that there are two links in the cover page of Subsim referring to a Japanese "supersub" that supposedly could have won the war: 'Japanese SuperSub' explores how submarine could have altered course of WWII and Secrets of the Dead: Japanese SuperSub.

These submarines were the largest submarines in the world at that time, assuming the baggage of very slow dive times and larger, more noisy machinery associated with size at the time. Each submarine had an on-deck hangar capable of carrying three (count 'em!) Aichi M6A1 "Seiran" (Mountain Haze) float torpedo planes. So zero bombers, zero fighters just 3 float planes apiece.

So besides wasting the 100 or so men on board, the resources invested in the machinery and the fuel necessary to propel it to its doom, in what way might this admittedly fascinating machine have influenced the outcome of the war in any manner?

Keep in mind that in comparison, a single Essex class carrier bore about 100 planes, fighters, torpedo planes and dive bombers.

Seems to me our "science" channels are full of junk science and "history" channels are full of fables. Don't they have SOME responsibility to the truth? This sucker is on PBS, financed by dollars extracted from our pockets by force. We have no voice in what manner of nonsense they broadcast but are compelled to pay for it.