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[–]BenjaminBreeg 25 points26 points ago

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What are those straight lines with parallel lines on the side?

[–]AManFromDoncaster 9 points10 points ago

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The target. Seriously.

[–]twinbloodtalons 1 point2 points ago

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Mission Failed. Terrorists Win.

[–]OuHiroshi 1 point2 points ago

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So how do they see it underwater?

[–]AManFromDoncaster 0 points1 point ago

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Sub's do have cameras that look up. I've seen video footage from HMS Trafalgar as it sat just 30ft under our ship as we spent 5 hours looking for it.

The clearing of snow would form a target which could be seen underwater as the light would penetrate the ice quite easily. It's also feasible that the target is there for the helicopter/plane pilot so it knows exactly where to be to wait for the sub to surface.

[–]Honda_TypeR 4 points5 points ago

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"If you look to your left you can see the beautiful arctic landscape...

If you look to your right you can see whERE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO EMERGE, YOU IDIOT! WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW TO DRIVE?!?!"

[–]Verdonkeremaand 7 points8 points ago

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This is a repost. One of the comments from the older post was that they indeed missed the target, which are the lines in the right corner.

[–]lionelboydjohnson 1 point2 points ago

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Yes, 3 miles of ice and they're off by 100ft. Clearly missed it (and clearly sarcastic).

[–]feureau 1 point2 points ago

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cracked ice?

[–]geert_e 1 point2 points ago

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I think it's some kind of long wave antenna

[–]ROBZY 0 points1 point ago

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Could be it, I don't know...

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

[–]zzt711 11 points12 points ago

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Reminded me of the scene in FireFox when Clint Eastwood's plane had to be re-fuled.

Now I feel old by saying that...

Loved that movie as a kid btw, the Laserdisc arcade game was also pretty cool!!

[–]Valendr0s 11 points12 points ago*

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One of my coworkers at my first job told me he was once in the navy and had been a crewmen on a submarine. He told me this story once...

His sub was doing its sub thing in the 80s (before cold war end) in the artic under the ice. They were crusin along and decided to come through the ice and do their weekly report or something and let the men stretch their legs on the ice, maybe play soccer/football or something. So they break through the ice and it turns out, about 50 yards away there was a Russian sub doing the exact same thing.

Did they stare eachother down and point guns and get all rowdy? Nah, they played a Russian sub crew vs American sub crew soccer, using the subs as the goals (the russians won).

[–]masked 0 points1 point ago

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did he start the tale with "this is no shit"?

[–]orange_jooze 0 points1 point ago

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Don't they have sonars and shit? How did they "accidentally" stumble into another submarine in a huge ocean?

It was probably a cover up for secret agents smuggling their secret shit.

[–]dangerousdave 6 points7 points ago

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Submarines generally don't use 'active' sonar (where they send out pings), for obvious reasons it makes you kind of hard to detect.

So using passive sonar (just listening) I'm not sure how easy it would be to detect a sub on the surface under the ice. On the other hand nuclear subs generally have pumps (that make noise) to keep the reactors cool that need to function constantly, or else. So presumably a reasonably competent sub would be able to find another sub from at least close range.

[–]squidgy 3 points4 points ago

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Under ice it's almost impossible to hear anything passively. Ice floes produce a unbelievable amount of noise across the spectrum while grinding against each other and crashing into things. I'd imagine that even with active sonar, a surfaced sub would effectively merge with the ice pack unless you were right under it.

As for the noise, the advantage of having a hot reactor surrounded by freezing water is that you can use natural circulation currents to help with cooling. Some naval reactors can run up to a decent power level without even needing coolant pumps, making them effectively silent. Very valuable capability for SSBNs especially, so it's definitely possible for two of them not to notice each other until it's too late.

[–]yellowstone10 1 point2 points ago

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Kinda related - there has only ever been one case of a submarine sinking another submarine while both submarines were submerged.

[–]masked 0 points1 point ago

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do you mean in a accident, like the Baton Rouge had in 1992? rumor is the Scorpion may have sunk herself.

[–]yellowstone10 1 point2 points ago

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Nope! It was the HMS Venturer back in 1945. She managed to sink the German submarine U-864, making her the only submarine ever to deliberately sink another submarine while both were submerged.

[–]mattycito 7 points8 points ago

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Hey, this is my background picture at work! I am one of the poor little cubicle workers in the company that designs these subs for the Navy. Pretty cool work for a mechanical engineer though. But yeah, this is from ICEX and I believe from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Exercise_2009.

[–]rob79 0 points1 point ago

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May I kindly direct you here. Also, happy reddit b-day (you will get so much karma if you do an IAmA before that cake disappears).

[–]Hyperian 5 points6 points ago

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and there's a starbucks there wtf.

[–]napalm_beach 4 points5 points ago

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Looks like they're waiting for AAA.

[–]Uriniass 0 points1 point ago

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They were flying in the Helicopter joining the mile high club.

[–]justinoblanco 6 points7 points ago

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Looks like a popular place. Is that a scar from another Submarine just above and to the right?

[–]jsmayne 3 points4 points ago

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they make an X in the snow/ice to show where they want the sub to come up.

they try to get as close as they can. but it's hard to maneuver 250,000lbs underwater and mostly blind.

(I learned this from the SG1 movie)

[–]AgnewsNews 2 points3 points ago

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It could be. The U.S. Navy tries to send a submarine crew up to the arctic to do that at least once a year at random to ensure that their crews are capable of doing it. There was also a squadron of attack submarines stationed under the arctic at all times during the Cold War, but I don't know if they still do that nowadays.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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I wouldn't call Ohio class "attack submarines". I would call them about the scariest thing to ever submerge though, so I guess it fits. I've read about the legends/myths of them getting with meters of russian subs and pinging, just to let them know who owned the water. Nerves. Of. Steel.

[–]verbalsadist 7 points8 points ago

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Ohio Class are:

  1. not 'attack submarines'
  2. unable to ping
  3. immediately run from any submarine that isn't American due to nuclear payload.

[–]smirk233 8 points9 points ago

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Just like anyone from Ohio would.

[–]skiman13579 1 point2 points ago

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Ohio class subs.... "We hide with pride!"

[–]masked 1 point2 points ago

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that's were you see the guys with 20 years of service and 3 ribbons. and no good port stories.

[–]Stealth_Cow 0 points1 point ago

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Ohio class "Home of doing the continuous, career-long long, underwater doughnut"

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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meh. his post was better.

[–]chumpacheese 0 points1 point ago

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LOL. Any craft with active sonar can "ping"

[–]verbalsadist 2 points3 points ago

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Ohio class submarines don't have active sonar, unless you're counting their fathometer.

[–]Stealth_Cow 3 points4 points ago

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You're thinking of the Sturgeon class. The Ohio (SSBN/SSGN) are missile subs. If they got close enough to a Russian sub like that on purpose, odds are good a Captain and a Commander would spend the rest of their careers getting an Admiral coffee at the Pentagon.

[–]eltra27 0 points1 point ago

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There is more than one class of attack submarines.

[–]Stealth_Cow 5 points6 points ago

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There are. But those "legends/myths" are 90% Sturgeon class. Blind Man's Bluff? The 688's weren't tried and tested enough for most captains to pull that stuff until 80's, and the Thresher class had problems.

[–]Unununium272 1 point2 points ago

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Any place where one could read more about these?

[–]Stealth_Cow 1 point2 points ago

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Go read Blind Man's Bluff...

[–]masked 0 points1 point ago

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there are enough old bubbleheads here who know a few no-shit stories

[–]eltra27 0 points1 point ago

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What about the Seawolf's?

[–]Stealth_Cow 0 points1 point ago*

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You mean the class of attack submarine that the first one wasn't even completed until after the cold war ended...

[–]pstryder 2 points3 points ago

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The Los Angeles class are the current 'attack' class of submarines. They are subs that hunt other subs.

The Ohio class are 'boomers', so called because they carry the nuclear missiles. Ohio class subs don't attack other subs.

[–]ShrineMaster 2 points3 points ago

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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_class_submarine">Virginia class</a> is the latest class of fast attack submarines. With 2 per year being built, they will eventually replace the 688 class.

[–]Stealth_Cow 0 points1 point ago

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Two per year is the line of bull and underbidding Electric Boat gave congress. I read a story a story at Defenseindustrydaily.com about how they now realistically believe the production to be in the 2.5 billion dollar range and one every four years.

[–]You_Mean_Fewer 0 points1 point ago

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Well, ya. Where would you pop-up?

[–]ExcessiveEllipsis 5 points6 points ago

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so now what guys.....................

[–]werdan 7 points8 points ago

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Quick! We need to make a runway so that Clint Eastwood can refuel the Firefox before the Soviets catch up to him!

[–]Sankee72 2 points3 points ago

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we make yellow snow.

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[–]HeisenbergWhitman 2 points3 points ago

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magic

[–]BeliefSuspended2008 1 point2 points ago

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can't explain that

[–]dangerousdave 0 points1 point ago

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These nuclear subs were designed to surface under the ice to fire their missiles in the cold war.

[–]yellowstone10 -1 points0 points ago

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Metal beats ice.

[–]grimm2003 3 points4 points ago

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Say that to the Titanic.

[–]screenshotted 2 points3 points ago

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too soon

[–]Mikebenitez10 2 points3 points ago

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Peekaboo

[–]comment_anagram -3 points-2 points ago

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Peak Oboe

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Redditor for 1 hour

Oh hello :)

[–]Syzygus 2 points3 points ago

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"Sven...we're HOME!"

[–]cmmoyer 2 points3 points ago

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TIL Subs are badass no-matter where they are

[–]JohnCthulhu 2 points3 points ago

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This immediately put me in mind of an episode of the X-Files.

[–]takesthebiscuit 1 point2 points ago

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It an la class... here)

Edit fixed link!

[–]emja 0 points1 point ago

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uh, no, you didn't. But I did. ;-)

[–]pr0grammer 1 point2 points ago

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http://xkcd.com/405/

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Must have made a wrong turn at Albuquerque.

[–]beezerz 3 points4 points ago

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Stargate Continuum?

[–]Faronel 1 point2 points ago

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Looks like it

[–]hollywoodbob 2 points3 points ago

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No, in Continuum, they actually hit the target.

In the DVD extras, they say that it was the first time they'd ever actually hit the mark, because it's ridiculously difficult to do.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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Kinda reminds me of "The Thing".

[–]BeliefSuspended2008 0 points1 point ago

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except for the submarine

[–]EvelKnievel 2 points3 points ago

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8TUwHTfOOU#t=30s

[–]You_Mean_Fewer 0 points1 point ago

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I looks like the baby seals trying to pop up for air. Someone go get a really big club.

[–]VoodooEconomist 0 points1 point ago

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What do you think they're saying ? "Hate to say it but I told you so..."

[–]Mexer 0 points1 point ago

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so...smooth...

[–]Garg27 0 points1 point ago

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Carrier has arriv... err

[–]FriendlyZombies 0 points1 point ago

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Waaaater sucks...it really, really sucks!

[–]Goico 0 points1 point ago

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We're waiting... (Optimus Prime)

[–]twinbloodtalons 0 points1 point ago

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And where exactly is here?

[–]tandeg 0 points1 point ago

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I just saw that episode of the X-Files last night.

[–]Kurnkuku 0 points1 point ago

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What took the picture..Helicopter/Kite ?

[–]Howie_Feltertwat 0 points1 point ago

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This is why we don't have nice things.

[–]pen_name 0 points1 point ago

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Rise from your grave!

[–]OutrageCommodities 0 points1 point ago

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I showed this to a friend and he knew exactly what it was because he used to be in the navy. He took one look at the picture and said "that's a repost".

[–]waynehell -3 points-2 points ago

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been there, seen that http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/search?q=ice+submarine&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance

[–]Frankocean2 -1 points0 points ago

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DAE thought of World War Z?.

[–]takesthebiscuit -1 points0 points ago

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It an la class... here

Edit fixed link!

[–]lionelboydjohnson -1 points0 points ago

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All this man power, brain power and resources used to create devices whose sole purpose is to destroy, kill, and betray trust. Could have been used to improve technology, infrastructure and medicine. Some days I get out of bed and just feel like saying fuck you humanity.

[–]godless_communism -3 points-2 points ago

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We're queer!

Get used to it!

(Sorry sailors, I couldn't resist. It was just teed up so nicely. Seriously, it was like Lucy van Pelt was teeing the football for me and I was Charlie Brown. No offense to Navy types. You guys are fuckin' awesome. Thanks for wasting that fucktard bin Laden.)

[–]HammerJack 1 point2 points ago

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There is a lot of inter military joking about it too. Airborne ranger cadence line: Cause their up on their boats doing god knows what to goats. / oh their are no airborne rangers in the navy.

[–]bigcheese41 -1 points0 points ago

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This immediately made me think of that scene from X-Men: First Class

[–]Phantomass -2 points-1 points ago

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Now remember kids where in the Itchy lot

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