tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post116361980470764332..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The Submariner Community RespondsGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1163852376095831062006-11-18T07:19:00.000-05:002006-11-18T07:19:00.000-05:00Being well aware of the quality of our submarine f...Being well aware of the quality of our submarine forces and knowing that an attack sub was attached to the Kitty Hawk group, I find it difficult to believe that the relatively noisy Chinese sub was not detected and tracked by our attack sub from a superior firing position long before it ever got close to where it was visually sighted upon surfacing.<BR/><BR/>While I was alarmed by the early reports of this incident, as more information becomes available I've come to recognize that this situation is unlikely to be as dire as initially reported.<BR/><BR/>As for why the Chinese sub commander chose to surface, one has to wonder if this particular officer thought it appropriate to reveal his presence in a "Gotcha" kind of moment, wreckless as that might be. Chances are, he never knew he was in the crosshairs for even a moment.vtxpilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16750740395752450047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1163705065063894682006-11-16T14:24:00.001-05:002006-11-16T14:24:00.001-05:00How about we detected it, but the Navy is saying w...How about we detected it, but the Navy is saying we didn't so that the Congress won't gut the Navy funding in favor of the Army during the next few funding cycles?Christian Conveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853417598190361938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1163705040956876312006-11-16T14:24:00.000-05:002006-11-16T14:24:00.000-05:00How about we detected it, but the Navy is saying w...How about we detected it, but the Navy is saying we didn't so that the Congress won't gut the Navy funding in favor of the Army during the next few funding cycles?Christian Conveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853417598190361938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1163692451580227212006-11-16T10:54:00.000-05:002006-11-16T10:54:00.000-05:00oops! Make that:Perhaps there's a lot more of alt...oops! Make that:<BR/><BR/>Perhaps there's a lot more of alternative #2 going on than we civilians hear about?eatyourbeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142141654341688097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1163692379421022282006-11-16T10:52:00.000-05:002006-11-16T10:52:00.000-05:00I'm still curious about the sub commander's motive...I'm still curious about the sub commander's motive in surfacing. <BR/><BR/> Was it to convey a warning from their government that we cannot intervene on behalf of Tawian without losing our whole fleet and that we shouldn't even try? Or was the commander simply a loose cannon? <BR/><BR/>Perhaps there's a lot more of alternative #2 going on than we civilians here about?eatyourbeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142141654341688097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1163685797334433982006-11-16T09:03:00.000-05:002006-11-16T09:03:00.000-05:00Well you know that the radical environmentalist wo...Well you know that the radical environmentalist would congratulate the sub driver boys on their bravery if they took a torpedo up their a** just to protect a hapless whale...that's courage, right?<BR/><BR/>/sarcWanderlusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06552045133035246679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1163681777951571762006-11-16T07:56:00.000-05:002006-11-16T07:56:00.000-05:00I'm just wondering if some of the same people who ...I'm just wondering if some of the same people who are complaining about the sub getting so close are the same ones who complain about the Navy's use of active sonar, because if might hurt marine mammals.Bubbleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01591543892553982845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1163641048012242622006-11-15T20:37:00.000-05:002006-11-15T20:37:00.000-05:00Undetected => say it is detected.Detected => say t...Undetected => say it is detected.<BR/>Detected => say that it is undetected.<BR/><BR/>I guess it has to be true then that <A HREF="http://starbulletin.com/2006/01/22/news/story08.html" REL="nofollow">HMS Gotland is still undetected...</A>RogerLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028866678859850147noreply@blogger.com