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Old 05-24-15, 06:20 AM   #1
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Incidentally, how do enemy bombers know which precise bit of anonymous, all-looks-the-same sea surface to return to after their quarry has submerged? Do they have primitive GPS, or a homing instinct like pidgeons? In RL of course, larger aircraft might drop marker dye, but not early in the war, methinks.
I can't speak for the game, but in real life a submerging submarine depending on sea and light conditions often left a a persistent swath of bubbles, foam, residual oil and disturbed water, that served as a handy visual marker from the air on where the sub had left the surface.

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Old 05-24-15, 05:47 PM   #2
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Radar.

It has a longer range and can detect such a small target like a periscope or snorkel mast, that you're really not as hidden as you think...
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