OT: New book: Red Star Rogue

[Captain Nemo]

Originally Posted by Kapitain

the golf class had to surface to fire missiles who is to say they attempted a luanch and the on board booby traps went off and a sailor was sent to exinguish the fire ?

golf hotel and zulu's echo's julliettes all had to surface to fire missiles and where she sank puts her in a good position to fire on pearl harbour

Kapitain, you are wrong with regard to the Golf II having to surface to fire it's missiles. The Golf II class boats (Project 629A) were upgrades from the original Golf subs. In March 1958 the development of a new missile launch system D-4 with R-21 missiles was approved. It was planned to replace the D-2 launch system and allowed underwater missile firings. The R-21 missiles could be fired from a depth of 40-50 m at a speed of up to 4 knots at intervals of 5 minutes.

Nemo