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It weighs 50 tons and is 51 feet could anything really mess with that? [0] https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a26344025/navy-extra-large-unma

• ceejayoz 8y ago
  Absolutely: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident
  • shkkmo 8y ago
    That article is about an incident involving aircraft, I don't think that is what you meant to link.
    • ceejayoz 8y ago
      It's a large, heavy object being easily interfered with. (The parent comment said "It weighs 50 tons and is 51 feet could anything really mess with that?" An EP-3 weighs 67.5 tons and is 105 feet long.) The same applies to submarines and a net around the propeller. (It's also a good example of the sort of diplomatic fuss that ensues after this sort of incident, too.)
      • shkkmo 8y ago
        Ok, so all you have to do to interfere with the robotic sub is crash a jet into it? Posting a link to a completely unrelated article with 0 explanation is idiotic, especially when there are plenty of examples of incidents that actually involve submarines.
        • ceejayoz 8y ago
          The point: "It's long and heavy" isn't any sort of good reason to believe it can't be messed with. That incident also demonstrates China's willingness to play chicken with US assets. Throw a steel cable into its prop, get too close using another sub or two, etc.
• mikeash 8y ago
  Definitely. Here’s a case where a far larger submarine got caught in a net: https://outdoors360.com/fishing-boat-snags-220-foot-submarine-nets/ https://outdoors360.com/fishing-boat-snags-220-foot-submarin...
  • pmorici 8y ago
    This article talks about how the submarine usually ends up severely damaging any fishing boat unlucky enough to get tangled.