397K views · Jul 10, 2011 · 11:15 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2014–2016
A short clip about the Australian Collins class submarine HMAS Rankin reportedly defeating US Navy ships in a war-game exercise.
Why Hacker News points people here: Cited in discussions of how quiet diesel-electric submarines can evade detection by large navies.
“You can watch a Collins class sub take out a US Destroyer during war games, in this relatively short video.”HN comment, 2016
“You can watch a Collins class sub take out a US Destroyer during war games, in this relatively short video.”
Short video of a Collins class sub taking out a US destroyer in war games.
Indeed. You can watch a Collins class sub take out a US Destroyer during war games, in this relatively short video. this video
Example of quiet submarines evading US Navy detection.
Planes are easier to ground (see what happened with Morales). The US wouldn't even be close to knowing where Russia's subs would be: link > It was the US Navy’s biggest jolt in years. On October 26, 2006, a Chinese Song-class attack submarine quietly surfaced within nine miles of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk as the 80,000-ton-diplacement vessel sailed on a training exercise in the East China Sea between Japan and Taiwan. >The Song-class vessel, displacing 2,200 tons, was close enough to hit the Kitty Hawk with one of its 18 homing torpedoes. None of the carrier’s roughly dozen escorting warships detected the Song until it breached the surface. And: this video
“Here's US superiority vs diesel-electric subs”
Shows US superiority against diesel-electric submarines in contrast to the claim.
> They have the largest submarine force in the world; but every one of them is an outdated diesel-electric. What's wrong with diesel-electric submaries. Here's US superiority vs diesel-electric subs: this video link
