Decoy in TMO

[Dogfish40]

Well, There you go, I stand corrected as to the mechanics of the decoy. That's one of the reasons I love this forum, I learn a lot of stuff that's sometimes very hard to find in typical history books. My previous quote from the book "Sink em all !" finds Admrl Lockwood being shown some of this early technology. In the movie, "Hunt for Red October", there was one scene where Captain Ramious (sic) launches four or six of these decoys to confuse the torpedos coming at his stern. I'm wondering if these are the same type of decoys as (in the movie) they start bubbling like crazy after they are launched.
Good Hunting!
D40

[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by Dogfish40

Well, There you go, I stand corrected as to the mechanics of the decoy. That's one of the reasons I love this forum, I learn a lot of stuff that's sometimes very hard to find in typical history books.

Not necessarily. I was speaking off the cuff from a memory that hasn't been very reliable for me lately. I could very well be mistaken about some (or all) of what I posted. I haven't checked any of my references (books) before posting.
The only thing I've been learning (thankfully still) in this forum is how incorrect I am about a lot of what I think I know.