Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: mcvax!cs.hw.ac.uk!adrian@uunet.UU.NET (Adrian Hurt) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: US submarines Message-ID: <6734@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 20 May 89 03:17:02 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Computer Science, Heriot-Watt U., Scotland Lines: 24 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Adrian Hurt Do any US submarines have anechoic coating? I know that the more modern Soviet ones do - it's called "Clusterguard". The British "Trafalgar" class also has such a coating, as well as a different propulsion system involving a water jet instead of a propellor. Also, just how much of a problem is the fact that Russian SSN's are much faster than Western ones? I'm thinking mainly of the "Alpha" class, which I have read can do 45 knots underwater - enough to outrun all Western submarines, and also most torpedoes. What would prevent such a sub from going around trying to attract the attention of a Western boat, then when the Western SSN fires at it, it fires back and then turns round and runs away at full speed? While I'm here, I'd like to correct an earlier statement. I mentioned the book "Pocket Battleship", and credited it to Theodor Krancke, its former captain. The book was in fact written by Theodor Krancke and H.J. Brennecke, another of the ship's officers. "Keyboard? How quaint!" - M. Scott Adrian Hurt | JANET: adrian@uk.ac.hw.cs UUCP: ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!adrian | ARPA: adrian@cs.hw.ac.uk