Russian sub in trouble off Sweden?

[erolb]

Quote an interesting article. Could be embarrassing for Putin.

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/is-sweden-hunting...

[Simpo Two]

The thing that caught my attention most was the unusual English:

'Swedish intelligence agencies were able to get a ballpark idea...'

'it started doing circles not too far from where all this is going down'


Yo bro.

[Crafty_]

Similar report here: http://www.thelocal.se/20141019/mystery-deepens-ov...

[fatboy69]

The Russians, as always, have denied everything.

[erolb]

Simpo Two said:

The thing that caught my attention most was the unusual English:

'Swedish intelligence agencies were able to get a ballpark idea...'

'it started doing circles not too far from where all this is going down'


Yo bro.

Article written by a damn colonial!

[2fast748]

Deja vu?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_submarine_inc...

I saw a documentary on this phenomenon a while ago and it heavily implied one of these incidents was actually an American boat due to some emergency alert stuff that appeared on the surface in the search area.

[TheConverted]

erolb said:

Quote an interesting article. Could be embarrassing for Putin.

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/is-sweden-hunting...

Thanks for that very interesting, id herd about this last night but not about the 'Merchant' ship that looks like its been looking for it or launch/recovering it.

I new the Ruskis like testing air defenses, but that shot of the tooled up fighter/bomber is amazing.

Andy

[Fishtigua]

I think I've found it!

[Simpo Two]

^^ That's the entire Royal Navy that is!

[anonymous-user]

Simpo Two said:

^^ That's the entire Royal Navy that is!

With a new and proportionally costed Officers Mess behind it.

[Private Pile]

Sorry for the daft question, but do surface ships stil use depth charges to hunt for subs?

[Crafty_]

To hunt for a sub you normally use a sonar, depth charges is akin to chucking a grenade in to a lake and calling it fishing !

[Simpo Two]

Sonar ain't gonna kill it; homing torpedoes I'd have thought.

[Private Pile]

Sorry, I should have been clearer. When I say hunt, I mean kill / disable / force the sub to surface.

Thanks for the replies.

[Private Pile]

Sorry, I should have been clearer. When I say hunt, I mean kill / disable / force the sub to surface.

Thanks for the replies.

[citizensm1th]

if they find it they wont want to kill it they will want to force it to the surface and capture it

[Simpo Two]

Private Pile said:

Sorry, I should have been clearer. When I say hunt, I mean kill / disable / force the sub to surface.

No worries, if I had the choice of a small box that goes 'ping', or a big bomb thing that goes 'kaboom', I'd take the latter

[IanMorewood]

These days most sub hunters employ helicopters to drop either depth charges or homing torpedoes if they intend to kill a submarine. Far safer than letting the submarine get close enough to sink you.

[bennyboydurham]

Maybe they are defecting? One ping only etc etc