Chuckman
Senior Member
Ol' Tom Clancy was ahead of his time:
Lol, Clancy was the first thing I thought of when I saw your thread title.
Seems like the guy had some good sources 😂
How could that not have been classified at the time though?!
I guess so!Years ago I read that Clancy got called in for some of the things his books talked about.
He showed them where he found all the info in public sourced publications.
It's all out there, you just need to look and put 2 + 2 together.
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Come on guys. USS Montana?!?!
And if that didn’t give it away…
“USS Montana is expected to undergo sea trials on the Penobscot River in Maine. This will make it more difficult for the Russian Navy to observe the tests.”
You boys need to brush up on your Red October bits.
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Come on guys. USS Montana?!?!
And if that didn’t give it away…
“USS Montana is expected to undergo sea trials on the Penobscot River in Maine. This will make it more difficult for the Russian Navy to observe the tests.”
You boys need to brush up on your Red October bits.
The sailors on board are the main source of noise.Can any bubbleheads comment on this, legally? I was under the impression that on our nukes, the powerplant itself is the main source of noise now which is why the diesel electrics of the Nordic nations continue to slip past our defenses during exercises?
The sailors on board are the main source of noise.
Cooking, cleaning, trash ops, careless handling of tools.
USS Montana was a nice touch too.“USS Montana is expected to undergo sea trials on the Penobscot River in Maine. This will make it more difficult for the Russian Navy to observe the tests.”
The same river from the book/movie where they hid the Red October from Soviet spy satellites 🤣
This was a well done April Fools
Not a bubblehead but I was an acoustic sensor operator on P3s from 89-93, flew many hours on top of Soviet nucs and countless US/Allied boats.Can any bubbleheads comment on this, legally? I was under the impression that on our nukes, the powerplant itself is the main source of noise now which is why the diesel electrics of the Nordic nations continue to slip past our defenses during exercises?
Thank you for the info. My last boss had many an hour in the P3s but flying ice forecasts in the arctic. yes that was my understanding as well the diesel boats do not have the legs the nukes do.Not a bubblehead but I was an acoustic sensor operator on P3s from 89-93, flew many hours on top of Soviet nucs and countless US/Allied boats.
I’ve been out of the game a good long time, but auxiliary machinery was what we tracked. The reactor itself doesn’t have any moving parts, the pumps and generators, etc are what make noise.
SSs are quieter while running on batteries because the electric motors are very quiet along with the generators. Each new generation of diesel boats got quieter and quieter. They’re mainly used in littoral areas and tend not to venture far from home.
Things could have changed, this is just my experience.