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A misconception I had was that submarines fight each other under water. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-864 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by alanbernstein 7y ago
A misconception I had was that submarines fight each other under water.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-864 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-864
"It is the only documented instance in the history of naval warfare where one submarine intentionally sank another while both were submerged."
- ubermonkey 7y agoNot for nothing, but have there BEEN many submarine engagements since WWII? Is current doctrine that, say, fast attack subs would shoot at opposing boomers from underwater? I mean, it seems likely, right?
- jki275 7y agoNot a submariner, but I always thought that was the essence of the existence of the fast attack.
- HideousKojima 7y agoThere are some suspected ones during the Cold War (the USS Scorpion and the Soviet K-129)