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I'm paywalled from the article but it's pretty well known that both Russian and China have subs close to, or even in, US territorial waters on a fairly regular
by pc86 5y ago
I'm paywalled from the article but it's pretty well known that both Russian and China have subs close to, or even in, US territorial waters on a fairly regular basis.
- jamestimmins 5y agoDo you know why they do this? Outside of wartime, I don’t see an obvious benefit.
- teilo 5y agoWere you alive during the cold war? That's what I think this is. A kind of cold war against a terrestrial foe, in this case one with superior technology.
- JulianMorrison 5y agoThey don't count on being "outside of wartime" when they need them. Also, for the big powers, it's really always wartime. Some times are just colder than others.
- dsr_ 5y agoHow do you know your super-quiet sub is undetectable by the most likely adversary? You send in the super-quiet sub on a series of probes, each time getting closer, until there's contact and possibly an incident. Now you know how good the adversary is!
- Tarq0n 5y agoTapping undersea cables is a major use of submarines in peacetime.