Virginia SSN on Discovery Channel

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Originally Posted by Henson

I teach those weapons. That show was full of crap. It used Firing Point Procedures for a weapon that wasn't shot (at the wrong type of target no less), and stock footage of a harpoon(!) leaving the water.

Take these shows with a grain of salt. The Navy only allows them to see so much, the rest is just edited in to make it more interesting by people who don't understand what they're editing to begin with. Do you think your average documentary producer really understands on any level, "match sonar bearings and shoot?"

[joke on]What? Why would the Navy want to keep that stuff secret??? [/joke off] I've seen two doco's on the Virginia Class.. One kept calling it "The Super Sub" and suggested it was an awesome anti terror weapon. The other was more of a "Hey this is a very well designed sub and this is some of how it was built" one.

As with all Documentaries about modern weapons half of what they show is either incorrect or absolute fantasy.