Obviously Red October is a fantastic movie, even now but- what Tom Clancy books would also make good movies?

Here is a photo of my boat, USS George Bancroft (SSBN 643) underway, on patrol, in the Atlantic.

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SS-383 USS Pampanito / Balao-Class

San Francisco , CA - Fisherman's Wharf

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Hi all,

I’m writing a sequence where the artificial intelligence on a nuclear submarine has been compromised.

The sub is now in control by hostile forces.

As a little show of strength I thought it would be engaging if the rouge AI would flood the ballast on one end causing a tilt, I figured it could look amazing on screen.

I don’t want the AI system destroying the craft but would it be possible for the ballasts to be opened one end causing everyone to fly down and the for the AI system to correct so it balances out.

Basically I don’t want the boat destroyed just amazing visuals and to warn the crew.

Putting aside the whole idea of an AI system having control over the boat including redundancy’s

Would this be possible?

Any feedback welcome

My Youtube suggestions are populated with videos of Sea Power pre-release gameplay.

One of the most common submarine scenarios I've come across is the engagement of numerous surface ships; usually a NATO CVBG centered around a Nimitz, or a Soviet SAG containing a Kiev and/or a Kirov.

If this were to have happened realistically during the Cold War, would a sub CO have concentrated on attacking the highest priority target within the group, or does he sling torps at whatever he's positively ID'ed and has a good solution on?

Or does it come down to whatever ROE either side had at the time?

Source: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/30/china_seabed_surveillance_device_claims/

Beijing claims it's found 'underwater lighthouses' that its foes use for espionage

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Laura Dobberstein Wed 30 Oct 2024  // 08:31 UTC 

China has accused unnamed foreign entities of using devices hidden in the seabed and bobbing on the waves to learn its maritime secrets.

The nation’s Ministry of State Security made the allegation in a Tuesday post to its WeChat account claiming authorities seized a variety of devices from the sea floor.

The ministry alleged some of the devices acted as "secret sentinels" that operated for lengthy but unspecified periods for the purpose of "covertly collecting marine hydrological information and data on the activities of various ships around them and serving the preset of the battlefield environment."

The ministry further alleged it found drifting devices.

Those "secret agents" are "detecting and grasping the real-time situation in the sea area; Some of them act as underwater 'lighthouses' to show the direction of submarines of other countries that have intruded into China's waters, in a vain attempt to conceal their whereabouts, thus seriously threatening China's national security," the agency continued.

The ministry resolved to prevent security risks and defend China's sovereignty, security, and development interest in the maritime sphere.

The ministry has made similar allegations before. In May of this year, it also claimed "various types of 'maritime espionage' have been discovered in China's waters" for the purpose of endangering China's national security.

At that time, it posted a photo of a device that it claimed was snapped by a fisherman.

Seabed espionage device, allegedly – Click to enlarge

The ministry described the device as "specially developed and manufactured" and functioning either automatically or remotely.

"These devices have a variety of functions, not only to realize the dynamic perception of sensitive data, detection and collection, but also to store data, analysis, transmission and other functions," wrote the ministry at the time on its WeChat channel. "Most devices also have a self-destruct function, which can be automatically destroyed after the completion of the mission according to a pre-set program."

China asserts sovereignty over nearly the entire South China Sea and is at odds with neighboring countries like Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam over territorial rights.

The Middle Kingdom is often accused of sending mechanisms capable of spying to foreign nations – as demonstrated last February when a balloon was shot down over the United States.

Balloons, aircraft and ships are often commonly found in or near Taiwan – an island China has long declared will eventually re-unify with the mainland.

China is currently growing its navy very fast, according to think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies.

"If China continues to expand its fleet at the current pace and the United States does not revitalize its shipbuilding industry, China will grow increasingly likely to emerge victorious from interstate war, especially a prolonged great power war," wrote CSIS this June.

"The result is a China that will grow more confident projecting power, threatening its less powerful neighbors, and disregarding US efforts to deter such behavior," it added.

That prediction of threats is already apparent: China regularly carries out military drills by land, air, and sea near Taiwan. One round of exercises took place just three days after the May inauguration of Taiwan's new president William Lai Ching-te, an avowed opponent of reunification with China. Two weeks ago China reportedly sent 34 naval vessels and 125 aircraft around the island.

Beijing is well aware that any kinetic action in Taiwan would be enormously disruptive to the global economy. It would likely impact key chipmakers like TSMC that help to give Western powers an edge in many areas of information technology.

Allegations of salty spy boxes are therefore more than the submarine equivalent of saber-rattling. ®Beijing claims it's found 'underwater lighthouses' that its foes use for espionage

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Laura Dobberstein 

Hi there I’m heading to Raleigh soon for phase 1 training in the RN - I’ve applied for the job role above. Can anyone give me some more information on this job role and being a submariner in general in the Royal Navy? I’ve heard I go to Worthy down for phase 2 but just wondered what happens after this? I presume I go to faslane for SMERAS/SMQ Many thanks

I’m thinking of joining the Royal Navy as a warfare specialist and I’m just wondering what your actually doing when your not on the submarine? do you just work on deployment and then when you get back home your free or are you doing other jobs at a base during the time your not on deployment, also how do the hours work is it 6 hours sleep 6 hours work 6 hours free or is the free time and sleep time combined. Sorry if these are retarded questions there just not a lot of information going around about these type of things as a submariner.

I was reading about the Soviet Oscar class and the main differences between Oscar IIs and Oscar Is. They're absolute behemoths. Double-hulled with 12 feet of space between the two hulls and eight inches of rubber between them to muffle sounds. The biggest changes were switching to a 7-blade propeller and a substantially enlarged fin to improve underwater maneuverability. I remember reading that the Typhoon had a terrible maneuvering capability, especially at depth.

This made me curious. What influences a submarine's maneuverability?

I've also read from HI Sutton that some subs have thrusters (usually spy subs but not always) to help with maneuvers in restricted areas or at low speed.

I'm doing research for a short story about a submarine crew in WW2. I've searched elsewhere online but can't find anything definitive.
TIA

Hi all

Need a succinct line in my script for the devastation a full barrage of 16? Trident missiles successfully launched could cause.

Can anyone help?

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An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from HSM41 hovers over the Peruvian navy Marina de Guerra del Perú submarine BAP Pisagua (SS 33) during an exercise off the coast of San Diego.