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Originally posted by CaramonLS@Oct 5 2004, 07:25 PM
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@Oct 5 2004, 07:14 PM
Alright this is going to have to be said in this thread to make it an offical CDN Military thread... You have been warned.
"WE HAVE SUBS???"
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Yup 4 upholder subs renamed Victoria classed to replace our 60's status oberon subs.
They have some good features. They're basically a SSN (nuc boat) in frame and technology that uses a diesel electric engine and batteries for power which demands snorkling.
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Sounds like a slight upgrade on a German U-Boat.
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Demands snorkling? Excuse the ignorance on military terminology, but that sounds like an upgrade from an 8 yr old with a spear gun, not much else.
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Snorkling means that the sub has to approach the surface and take on air to recharge its battery systems. Usually it doesn't have to come out of the water to do this but uses a mask.
Some of the new german and other diesel subs carry a supply of liquid oxygen that they use to replensih thier batteries under water.
You also have to realize that diesel electric engines give off fumes and require oxygen to run, and therefore you have to clean your airsupply.
the advantage of a nuke boat is you don't need to do that. The reactor charges the batteries, which aren't really used that much, and the air supply is scrubbed by an advanced filtering system. Which explains why a nuke sub can stay submerged and efficent almost forever. the only thing that forces it to come to the surface is a food requirement.
the amount of time that a diesel boat can stay submerged in a high operational tempo is measured in hours, days tops.