RN and French ballistic missile subs hit each other

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:02 pm

That's... not terribly comforting.

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:04 pm

I know, that kinda made me think wtf.

I can understand it surface ships. I mean, dad was sitting on the bow of the Juno when she had intimate contact with a freighter. That i can understand. but subs?

Post by **Mikey** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:05 pm

Yeah, they have three dimensions with which to miss each other.

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:08 pm

I blame french driving. Come on, especially if one lived in Paris near L'arc de Triomphe.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:11 pm

I think by "bump" he might have meant hitting terrain, rather than other ships. After all, don't subs normally run with their sonars (or whatever they use) off? That might make it difficult for them to see obstructions in their paths.

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:13 pm

Nope, he specifically meant that they hit. Normally at stealthily low speeds, so it does little damage.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:14 pm

That they hit other subs? Bizzare. Does he mean other RN subs, or subs from other nations?

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:16 pm

I'm not sure, I doubt that it meant other RN subs. The RN tends to deploy them relatively widespread. Gotta remember that there are only 12 in the fleet, of all sizes.

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:26 pm

Attention DITL forumites! I am now about to post the obligatory French military joke :

"I wonder if the French sub surrendered after the bump?"

Thank you. We now return you to your normal business.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:12 pm

Rochey wrote:That they hit other subs? Bizzare. Does he mean other RN subs, or subs from other nations?

The vast majority of the time it would be US and British SSNs hitting Russian SSBNs - it's the inevitable combination of someone tailgating too closely and a Crazy Ivan

Sonic Glitch · Post by **Sonic Glitch** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:18 am

Captain Seafort wrote:
Rochey wrote:That they hit other subs? Bizzare. Does he mean other RN subs, or subs from other nations?
The vast majority of the time it would be US and British SSNs hitting Russian SSBNs - it's the inevitable combination of someone tailgating too closely and a Crazy Ivan

Aye. I don't think the USN has ever released details on numbers of cold war collisions, but there is no doubt the happened. Isn't that one of the theories for the USS Scorpion?

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:37 am

I thought Scorpion went under when her one of her ballast or diving systems malfunctioned and she just kept going down on a test. Or at least, thats what i saw on some documentary ages ago.

Sonic Glitch · Post by **Sonic Glitch** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:22 pm

Reliant121 wrote:I thought Scorpion went under when her one of her ballast or diving systems malfunctioned and she just kept going down on a test. Or at least, thats what i saw on some documentary ages ago.

That may have been Thresher.

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:44 pm

Ah, that rings bells. I stand corrected. Why does a nation have so many bloody subs Â¬.Â¬

Sonic Glitch · Post by **Sonic Glitch** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:34 pm

Reliant121 wrote:Ah, that rings bells. I stand corrected. Why does a nation have so many bloody subs Â¬.Â¬

Because obviously, if we had fewer subs the Commies would win. Or as it is now, the Terrorists would win.

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