Real Submarine Technology & History Q&A

Platapus · 06-10-09, 04:02 PM

Ok, now I am going to ask the stupidest submarine question.

Good thing I am a landlubber so I can have some excuse.

Given all the technology we have these days, why are not modern submarines constructed without sails?

Everything could be in a very streamlined "whale" shape. Now that Periscopes do not need a direct optical path as they are more sensors than a periscope, why is there still a need for a sail on a submarine?

What is the use of the sail on a modern nuclear submarine that spends 99% of its time underwater tryin to be sneaky?

06-10-09, 04:02 PM	#10
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,388 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Ok, now I am going to ask the stupidest submarine question. Good thing I am a landlubber so I can have some excuse. Given all the technology we have these days, why are not modern submarines constructed without sails? Everything could be in a very streamlined "whale" shape. Now that Periscopes do not need a direct optical path as they are more sensors than a periscope, why is there still a need for a sail on a submarine? What is the use of the sail on a modern nuclear submarine that spends 99% of its time underwater tryin to be sneaky? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.