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Okay, so, it's silly to flood it in the first place, but, it's bad design that you can't flood it and simply drain it without damage, IT'S A BUILT TO BE UNDER W
by dusted 7y ago
Okay, so, it's silly to flood it in the first place, but, it's bad design that you can't flood it and simply drain it without damage, IT'S A BUILT TO BE UNDER WATER! and it's not unrealistic that a few drops might get inside during battle.
- DocTomoe 7y agoThis is not about a few drops, though, this is about several hundred liters. Also, if the inside of your nuclear sub gets wet during battle, the ship (and likely it's crew) is a write-off anyways.
- dusted 7y agoI'd expect to be able to fill my under-water-boat with water, the very thing it's designed to be submerged in, drain the water, and sail along. If something breaks from that, it's wrong. Shouldn't make a difference if the inside or the outside is exposed to it. Yes, that implies that everything inside the submarine is waterproof, and that things that need to be open to the inside environment must have ways of being drained.
- Fjolsvith 7y agoSaltwater is very corrosive. You have to strip paint and treat the metal underneath to stop the corrosion, as the slightest crack or pore in the paint allows corrosion to start unseen. The only way to fully waterproof the inside of a submarine is to keep the water outside.