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From: ruedi@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (David Ruedi)
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Subject: Re: Pods on the tail of USSR SSN
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Date: 1 Apr 91 12:17:10 GMT
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From: ruedi@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (David Ruedi)

     I recently had a chance to look at an UNCLASSIFIED photo of the
Soviet equivalent to a piping tab for a Victor III.  It showed a cut
away view of the boat.  The pod in the phot was definitely not a MHD
(or any other) propulsor.  It looked like it contained a reel and the
machinery necessary to deploy/recover whatever was on the reel.  In
my (not necessarily the Navy, Dod, or US Government's) opinion the reel
holds a towed array, I didn't see any evidence of a buoy.

     To the best of my knowledge, the Papa and Mike were one of a kinds
because they were R&D technology demonstrators.  Some of the technology
worked, some didn't.

LT David H. Ruedi, USN