Practical torpedo evasion

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by ET2SN

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Oh, on the whole nautical mile vs kilometers thing- look at how a nautical mile is defined. As long as there are 24 hours in a day, knots make more sense.

If you research both then you'll find out they are derived from the same basis. Just a different subdivision. (and not related to time at all)

[Barleyman]

Originally Posted by Pisces

If you research both then you'll find out they are derived from the same basis. Just a different subdivision. (and not related to time at all)

Nothing special about meter vs yards except its damn sight easier to calculate/measure stuff because things line up neatly all the way from very small to very large.

There's a bit of a debacle between km/h and m/s. Latter is not very intuitive except for fast moving objects like rifle bullets.