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2024-06-14 Caribbean-Latin America

Hunt for SSGN Kazan. The United States was afraid of Russian military exercises in the Caribbean

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Posted by badanov 2024-06-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 I wonder what color the sky is on his planet.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-06-14 06:59|| 2024-06-14 06:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Warships and aircraft constantly patrol the US maritime borders and certain areas of the Caribbean Sea, trying to detect traces of a Russian submarine.

Pro Tip: if you can find the rescue tug, you know you are in the right neighborhood

Posted by SteveS 2024-06-14 09:11|| 2024-06-14 09:11|| Front Page Top

#3 trying to detect...

Or just trying different systems out to see which one might be better than another one that already detected the sub. There are a lot of good tools available and some might work better than others.

Plus they probably wanted to collect the new sub's signature in a variety of ways.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-06-14 09:19|| 2024-06-14 09:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Interesting that the Canadians were involved in this training exercise.

I guess the Canadian folks might be interested in giving their trainees some real world experience, too. They have similar concerns about their coastal areas and lurking subs. This experience didn't require really long distance flights from a base, and therefor could rotate instructors and trainees fairly easily.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-06-14 09:32|| 2024-06-14 09:32|| Front Page Top

#5 ...I'd also point out that in their effort to play "I'm-not-touching-you', the Russians had to sail fairly close to a little known USN installation called AUTEC.

I'd be very surprised if AUTEC didn't hear them quite clearly.

With the recorders on.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-06-14 10:32|| 2024-06-14 10:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Surprise there wasn't a redneck flotilla out to see if they could pick it up with their fishing sonars.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-06-14 10:45|| 2024-06-14 10:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Bunch of 30 footers out there in formation, pinging away with the fish finders, have some fishing magnets over the side at various depths, plus a couple lines in the water astern, not sure what to do if they catch it.

Yeah, I'd go.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-06-14 16:21|| 2024-06-14 16:21|| Front Page Top

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