"Seawulf" and the rock: you really have to be able to!

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The Americans grab their heads, who are simpler, ask questions, who have certain knowledge, are trying to figure out how this could happen in general. That is, to answer them. But the overall situation is pretty funny.

One of the three Seawulf-class attack submarines, SSN-22 Connecticut, returned from a cruise to the South China Sea in a state, to put it mildly, precluding further use of the submarine for its intended purpose in the near future.



The boat somehow hobbled to Guam, where everyone was stunned by the damage.

There is a collision with something or someone under water. The extent of the damage excludes a drunk whale or a school of brutal sharks. So it was either a ship or something even more substantial like a reef or an island.

Everyone was delighted by the information that the reactor was not damaged and no one died on board. Such an evasive presentation suggests that there are non-fatal casualties among the crew. Accordingly, "Connecticut" kissed the unknown object, as they say, from the heart.

What exactly happened to Connecticut is still a mystery, it is known that the Americans know how to keep their secrets. But in recent days, many authors of specialized media have expressed their utter bewilderment about how a multibillion-dollar nuclear submarine equipped with an advanced tracking sensor system, in fact, one of the best submarines in the world, could so easily make a collision with something underwater. ...

Yes, this is a very urgent question: how could a modern submarine, stuffed with various systems, find itself in such a situation?

In reality, underwater navigation requires many skills, including a very detailed knowledge of the immediate surrounding area. This is a complex process, the orientation of the boat in space under water, and there are only two components that can provide the boat with a safe route: the most detailed maps and the navigator's knowledge of the area, and the use of sonar. As the navigator to the charts, so to the sonar must be accompanied by the calculation of operators who understand their business.


Currently, boats use sonars in the forward-down-side directions of the boat, which makes it possible to “see” the environment quite well. Modern low-frequency short-range sonars allow their operators to see and distinguish a wide variety of underwater objects, from mines to other boats. Or, as an option, sunken ships and underwater reefs.

A typical high frequency high resolution sonar can see up to 5 meters. True, its disadvantage is that its work can be detected from twice the distance. However, modern American sonars cope with the task of detecting the situation quite normally.

But here such an option arises: since the enemy, guided by the operation of the high-frequency sonar, is able to localize the submarine using it. Accordingly, a boat using high frequency sonar can not only be detected, it can be pursued without being noticed.

This feature leads to the fact that American boats, while in unfriendly waters controlled by China or Russia, rarely use high frequency sonar.

If bottom mapping sonars confirm the position of the submarine on the map, then there is less need for high frequency sonar, which, by sending impulses forward, can allow the enemy to determine the position of the boat.


The US Navy maps are the most accurate maps in use today. They are, of course, digital, but with the obligatory duplication on paper. Of course, you have to update them, but it's worth it. Ideally, every US Navy submarine has the most recent map that accurately reflects the reality outside the hull.

In practice, Americans have found that this is not always the case. In some parts of the world, the distance between soundings is tens of meters, these "blind" zones can hide topographic formations, which may suddenly appear in the area followed by a submarine.

If the submarine is operating in an area where the presence of imaginary enemy submarines is possible, then the crew usually refuses to use high-frequency sonar to check the surrounding topography. This means that the submarine relies on the accelerometer and vertical depth sonar to calculate the ship's position.

This type of navigation has very minor bugs, but it does. Moreover, these errors may well get worse over time. In the end, the submarine can go a hundred meters or more from its true position. The error grows over time until the next navigation fix. There are ways to fix the position of a submarine that do not use high frequency sonar, but they do not show what topography might be hidden between soundings on a real map.

The South China Sea is a very difficult region.


Not only do the depths "jump", there are a large number of topographic objects in the sea from the reef to the island, submarines of Vietnam, China, the USA and other countries are always present in the sea. Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan have submarines, so several submarines from different countries may well operate in the region at the same time.

So the collision of submarines in the South China Sea is quite a reality.

The Americans note with displeasure that along with countries that are willing to cooperate and disclose their plans for the use of submarines (Australia and Vietnam in the first place) and coordinate their operations in order to secure their submarines, there are also countries that do not. ...

Naturally, such countries primarily mean China. It's clear.

And here a very peculiar situation turns out: the boats of the United States and China, being in a very busy area of ​​the South China Sea, do not use high-frequency sonars, so as not to be detected.


Submarines can and will hide in noisy areas to mask their signature with background noise. This means that two submarines can pass very close to each other, and neither of them will hear the other if the background noise is loud enough to mask both submarines.

And there is also the prospect of the appearance of patrol unmanned submarines in the world's waters. Or drums, like the declared Russian Poseidon. There is a sense in the use of such ships, unmanned submarines will be able to operate in very shallow or dangerous waters, which a nuclear submarine is not capable of. An unmanned submarine, controlled remotely or with the help of artificial intelligence, will be able to perform certain tasks without risking the lives of the crew, which will not be on board.

As unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned underwater vehicles are a very real future.

Let's go back to the South China Sea.

This is a very, very difficult region for diving. The region has high tectonic activity, the bottom topography is constantly changing, there are a lot of areas with shallow depths, with sharp drops in depths, with tectonic structures that rise from the bottom to the surface.

In general, it is a very difficult region for underwater navigation. Especially volcanic structures, which, if not detected in time, can cause big trouble for a submarine. An abrupt change in the depth of the bottom beneath a submarine may not give it enough time to maneuver away from the near-vertical change in topography directly ahead.

At the moment, there is no data on what the American boat collided with, with such a tectonic structure, or with another submarine. Both options are possible, but since not a single bit of information about submarine repairs as a result of accidents from other countries has leaked into the public domain, it can be concluded that Connecticut has cut itself into a rock. Alas, that does not do the crew any credit.

The question arises: what did Connecticut forget in the South China Sea?


The answer is simple. Study and adaptation of the crew to a possible theater of operations. It is no secret that relations between the United States and China are far from ideal, and therefore in order to be ready for any development of the situation. Therefore, the presence of American boats training crews in the realities of the South China Sea looks quite normal.

So how the clash happened, if it becomes public, it will still be very far away. The fact that Connecticut was able to return on its own suggests that the crew on the ship is competent and ready for such situations. Another question is that this crew was able to admit this at all.

In fact, everything that happened after the collision with an unknown (flatter the Americans) object fits into standard procedures.

In the case of the Connecticut, the boat must immediately go into shallow water and maintain positive buoyancy on the differential in the event of flooding of the compartments. All compartments are required to report the presence of damage and loss among the crew. In the event of flooding or fire as a result of a collision, the consequences will have to be eliminated by the crew.

The boat is required to communicate over secret encrypted channels with a coordination center in the District of Columbia.

Upon entering shallow water, the duty officer must determine whether it is safe to surface immediately. If it is safe, the submarine will rise directly to the surface and assess the situation there. All this happens in a matter of seconds.

If the hull is damaged in any way, the submarine is prohibited from diving. The same prohibition applies in the event of damage to the sonar dome or suspicion of damage to ballast tanks. Even if the damage is not visually visible, the boat will not sink anymore. The instructions are for sailing to the nearest friendly port on the surface.

Naturally, the main attention will be paid to the state of the nuclear power plant and nuclear weapons (if any) on board. But the main emphasis will be on checking the state of the atomic reactor. The pumps and valves serving high pressure and high temperature systems are very rugged and designed to withstand impacts, but systems will be tested on every system in the engine room to ensure nuclear safety.

And now the boat will come to the port. On our own. What will happen next?


What will happen next is that the boat commander will be removed from command at the earliest opportunity. An officer from the submarine squadron to which the ship that had an accident belonged is appointed as the interim submarine commander. As a rule, this is an officer not from the boat's crew.

Further there will be an investigation, which includes the boat commander, navigator, assistant navigator and officer of the watch. Most likely, these officers will be suspended from their duties during the investigation. Sonar operators may also be investigated.

The investigation will review equipment performance, surveillance logs, and impact activities to determine who else will need to be disciplined.


I repeat that judging by the fact that the boat crawled to Guam, the crew knew very well what and how to do in such a situation. However, the fact that the Seawulf-class submarine, costing just astronomical sums, found itself in such a situation, suggests that the crew obviously knew and could not do everything.

You can sympathize with the Americans. It is very unpleasant to gouge such a boat. On the other hand, as practice shows, training crews to sail in such difficult areas as the South China Sea should start from quieter places.

Otherwise, all inventions, the latest sonars, sensors and sensors - everything will be useless. And the tears of American taxpayers over the next ditched billions will be a fully justified consequence.
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  1. +43
    14 October 2021 05: 33
    with the destruction of the "wolf" - happy!
    1. +43
      14 October 2021 06: 12
      The funniest thing that has already happened to this boat is bedbugs! In the spring of 2021, the crew of this expensive bucket was attacked by ... bedbugs. The Navy Times reported that the crew complained to the command about the problem starting in the spring of 2020, but the sailors were refused to believe, demanding proof.
      "Bedbugs have been terrorizing us for a year now. The sailors complained that they were bitten," a crew member told the Navy Times. "People were literally eaten alive while they slept in their bunks.".
      Perhaps even now, the whole watch was attacked (undoubtedly zombified bugs bred in the secret laboratories of China) and they, having abandoned the taxi, fleeing the red monsters, drove into the rock laughing
      1. +4
        14 October 2021 06: 51
        A typical high frequency high resolution sonar can see up to 5 meters. True, its disadvantage is that its work can be detected from twice the distance.


        Now everything is becoming clearer Yes !

        Obviously hackers, obviously Russians , insidiously maliciously changed the bottom topography on the route of the YUS submarines, placing the island of Bad Luck on the route ...

        1. +49
          14 October 2021 07: 11
          changed the bottom relief on the route of the YUS submarines

          1. +3
            14 October 2021 07: 16
            Quote: faiver
            changed the bottom relief on the route of the YUS submarines



            Golden words ensign Yes
            1. +16
              14 October 2021 07: 26
              To gloat is a paramount thing, but of course you have to try to shatter a new boat. laughing
              1. +61
                14 October 2021 07: 30
                Quote: Civil
                Gloat is paramount

                Why not ?

                With regard to the enemy, moreover an unprincipled enemy who does not disdain anything to achieve the goal - the destruction of us as a state ...

                They are preparing our doom, and we will breed jelly in front of them?
                1. -36
                  14 October 2021 07: 47
                  Quote: PiK
                  Quote: Civil
                  Gloat is paramount

                  Why not ?

                  With regard to the enemy, moreover an unprincipled enemy who does not disdain anything to achieve the goal - the destruction of us as a state ...

                  They are preparing our doom, and we will breed jelly in front of them?

                  Oh, well, who said, okay, we ordinary Russians blame all the troubles of NATO, led by the United States. What about you? You have everything there in the West - offspring, property, 7 silversmiths.
                  wink
                  1. +32
                    14 October 2021 07: 53
                    Quote: Civil
                    Oh, well, who said, okay, we ordinary Russians blame all the troubles of NATO, led by the United States. What about you? You have everything there in the West - offspring, property, 7 silversmiths.

                    Have you confused me with anyone?
                    I am actually, and family - by the nature of my occupation, "not visiting"...

                    And read the Bible Yes There and about the silver coins and about - "Do not judge and will not be judged"
                    1. -31
                      14 October 2021 07: 54
                      In the avatar "PiK Group", since when did the builders become restricted to travel abroad?
                      1. +16
                        14 October 2021 08: 03
                        Quote: Civil
                        In the avatar "PiK Group", since when did the builders become restricted to travel abroad?

                        It is difficult to conduct a restrained full-fledged dialogue with people whose thinking is limited by subjective images, in this case a picture, an "avatar", which in principle can be anything, even the most abstract.

                        But you have already made a conclusion - "branded" laughing

                        Although in my case, "P" and "K" are just initials ...

                        Here you are, "Civilian" judging by the avatar - "a military object that cannot be photographed" ...

                        Border post?

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                      3. -39
                        14 October 2021 08: 35

                        Everything is quite the same, the group of companies of the billionaire Gordeev from the Forbes list.
                        In the same style, in the same colors. Apparently, like a real bourgeois, he pays you a penny. Therefore, he is not allowed to travel abroad.
                      4. +21
                        14 October 2021 08: 37
                        Quote: Civil
                        Everything is quite the same, the group of companies of the billionaire Gordeev from the Forbes list.
                        In the same style, in the same colors. Apparently, like a real bourgeois, he pays you a penny. Therefore, he is not allowed to travel abroad.


                        Impressive blindness good

                        You are incomparable in this ...
                      5. -43
                        14 October 2021 10: 11
                        Quote: PiK
                        Impressive narrowness

                        When a devoted viewer of the First Channel talks about someone's blinkers, laughter makes them laugh.
                      6. -30
                        14 October 2021 10: 04
                        Quote: Civil
                        Therefore, he is not allowed to travel abroad.

                        maybe he's just me ... ehm ... a policeman. And you were included in some Forbes lists.
                      7. +6
                        15 October 2021 21: 59
                        Is it hard to tell the difference between the logos?
                  2. Bow
                    +3
                    15 October 2021 17: 57
                    We do not blame the striped for ALL troubles. But those we are accused of are more than enough for the harshest sentence.
                    Your "logic" - to forgive a criminal just because he is not the only one in the world (let's say, judge another, but leave this one) - smacks of a kind of clinical case.
                2. 0
                  14 October 2021 21: 22
                  No need to rejoice in someone else's misfortune. Here in June the F-16 fell, so they danced with tambourines on the VO. They called "starfall" in July and August. And they are still "falling".
          2. +1
            14 October 2021 21: 37
            Actually, this is Zhvanetsky. The kingdom of heaven to him. Ah, so, -rephrase
        2. +11
          14 October 2021 14: 03
          Quote: PiK
          Obviously hackers, clearly Russian, insidiously maliciously changed the bottom topography on the route of the YUS submarines, placing the Island of Bad Luck on the route ...

          The Chinese are building new islands very quickly. No cartographers will keep track. lol
          1. +8
            14 October 2021 17: 33
            Is it really the first and very beautiful photo, this is definitely USS Seawolf ?!
            If this is Conecticute, then vague
            doubts that there are only 12 victims in such an adventure. hi
          2. 0
            14 October 2021 22: 56
            Quote: Piramidon
            Quote: PiK
            Obviously hackers, clearly Russian, insidiously maliciously changed the bottom topography on the route of the YUS submarines, placing the Island of Bad Luck on the route ...

            The Chinese are building new islands very quickly. No cartographers will keep track. lol

            Moreover! No sonar has time to detect smile
        3. +7
          14 October 2021 17: 03
          Quote: PiK
          Obviously hackers, clearly Russian, insidiously maliciously changed the bottom topography on the route of the YUS submarines, placing the Island of Bad Luck on the route ...

          Well, then how in that joke about a lighthouse and an American aircraft carrier
          But the boat crew did not follow good advice:
          Therefore, once again, we strongly recommend that you do the most sensible thing: change your course 15 degrees south to avoid collisions.

          and it happened, what happened!
      2. +8
        14 October 2021 07: 15
        Quote: Finches
        In the spring of 2021, the crew of this expensive bucket was attacked by ... bugs.

        And until now, sanctions from Hell have not been introduced against them (bedbugs)? belay
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      3. +5
        14 October 2021 10: 05
        Mattresses complained of being bitten by mattresses wink Zadornov would approve)
      4. +7
        14 October 2021 12: 50
        Quote: Finches
        and they abandoned the steer, fleeing the red monsters, drove into the rock

        The curiosity is that they fear that the sleepy (due to bedbugs) watch will crash into an underwater rock. expressed one of the junior officers in the spring of this year.
        See here for more details:

        https://nypost.com/2021/03/10/bitten-in-the-racks-arctic-naval-submarine-invaded-by-bedbugs/
        1. +6
          14 October 2021 13: 43
          O! How I looked into the water! laughing
      5. +15
        14 October 2021 14: 27
        Quote: Finches
        The funniest thing that has already happened to this boat is the bugs!

        These are not bugs, these are sea fleas that live on sea wolves wassat
      6. 0
        14 October 2021 14: 43
        Everything happened as usual. Two Russian spire lovers trained a prehistoric toad. She had to catch sharks. The boat crashed into the toad and the toad grabbed the boat. The boat broke free and ran away.
        1. +1
          14 October 2021 19: 17
          Quote: zenion
          how Russian fans of spiers, trained a toad of the prehistoric period.

          Petrov and Boshirov?
      7. +1
        14 October 2021 15: 45
        Because to see that the crew did not give a damn about the service, since they were not up to it - so they missed something or someone. Looks like bugs are a serious demoralizing factor and the fight against them should be included in the course of a young submariner !? laughing
      8. +10
        14 October 2021 15: 51
        The Chinese have built a new Great Underwater Wall and old containers. wink
      9. -3
        14 October 2021 16: 30
        On our cockroaches ... and what? You just serve somewhere, and you will not write any nonsense.
        1. +11
          14 October 2021 16: 39
          I served mine - as they say for 30 years, no complaints! Now I am having fun at VO being in full sovereign's pension! laughing
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        1. +2
          16 October 2021 22: 00
          I love it when they are clever ... laughing
    2. +37
      14 October 2021 06: 47
      It’s probably this cap bully to blame - he just at the end of the film Seawulf received
      1. +9
        14 October 2021 08: 20
        Nope, his acoustician could hear the denomination of the fallen coins by ear smile
        1. +14
          14 October 2021 08: 27
          Quote: dzvero
          Nope, his acoustician could hear the denomination of the fallen coins by ear

          So it used to be!

          Now they have a hearing-impaired acoustician, dark-skinned, of original sexual orientation.

          Black Lives Matter and LGBT people rule! good
          1. +9
            14 October 2021 08: 31
            smile It seems that the captains are also replaced in this way ... EMNIP one of the last clashes happened because the two girls on the bridge were offended at each other and did not speak.
          2. +5
            14 October 2021 16: 20
            ..... original sexual orientation ......

            Right !!! Necro-zoo-voyeur.
      2. +6
        14 October 2021 15: 13
        This is probably the submarine captain who ordered the lighthouse to get out of his direction, otherwise he will ram the lighthouse.
        1. +5
          14 October 2021 16: 52
          Quote: zenion
          This is probably the submarine captain who ordered the lighthouse to get out of his direction, otherwise he will ram the lighthouse.

          You need to know the classics of humor: the captain of the AIR CARRIER was there !!! laughing
          1. +2
            14 October 2021 19: 32
            He was sent from the aircraft carrier to the ship.
            1. -1
              15 October 2021 17: 23
              Finally, someone admitted that they were driving an ordered Weisberg to one country to irrigate greenery. When Weisberg saw the boat, he was very frightened, jerked and the twine broke. But he did not have time to disappear from the path of the flower. There was a collision and the Weisberg was washed away. The victim was not a self-propelled gun, the mermaids were delivered to the port. Each received 1 kg. frozen fish for work. The sailor king was displeased. So there will now be collisions between them.
              1. 0
                22 October 2021 22: 18
                Here's the exact data. The poachers were driving a school of canned sprat and the submarine crashed into it. Or maybe they deliberately distilled that there would be a collision. As far as it is clear from the transfer of trained whales, not a single bank was harmed. The jamb continues on its way to its destination.
    3. +9
      14 October 2021 07: 05
      ... these blind spots can hide topographic formations, who can suddenly find themselves in the area of ​​the submarine.

      Here's how to find out if there was a closed Decree of the President of Russia on awarding this subject with the call sign "topographic education"? winked
      1. +1
        15 October 2021 06: 50
        "topographic education"
        Malignant topographic formations. For Seawulf
        1. 0
          15 October 2021 07: 41
          Quote: abrakadabre
          "topographic education"
          Malignant topographic formations. For Seawulf

          Yeah, malignant-undemocratic topopathies Yes
    4. +12
      14 October 2021 07: 50
      Quote: Dead Day
      with the destruction of the "wolf" - happy!

      Yes, they gouged the sonar dome up to the first end (green in 1 photo). Surprisingly, the destruction of the surface coating for 3-5 m. Who was the PL chewing?
      In the photo at WIKI, the SSN-22 "Connecticut" does not have horizontal rudders on the wheelhouse, but in the photo of the article it has, how so?
      1. +15
        14 October 2021 08: 18
        Quote: Mavrikiy
        Quote: Dead Day
        with the destruction of the "wolf" - happy!

        Yes, they gouged the sonar dome up to the first end (green in 1 photo). Surprisingly, the destruction of the surface coating for 3-5 m. Who was the PL chewing?
        In the photo at WIKI, the SSN-22 "Connecticut" does not have horizontal rudders on the wheelhouse, but in the photo of the article it has, how so?

        And so in the photo in the header of the article there is a submarine "San Francisco" like "Los Angeles".
        1. +4
          14 October 2021 08: 22
          Quote: Alex_You
          And so in the photo in the header of the article there is a submarine "San Francisco" like "Los Angeles".

          hi Thanks for being clear and clear, otherwise I can't sleep. The author is misleading. With such damage as in the photo, they say they went home underwater.
          1. +3
            14 October 2021 21: 09
            Don't shoot the pianist. The author took an article from "War Zone", but hesitated to mention it. I cut a few things (including the captions for pictures), I got a little out of it.

            https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42706/why-multi-billion-dollar-nuclear-submarines-still-run-into-things-underwater
      2. +14
        14 October 2021 08: 24
        The first photo of SSN-771 shows San Francisco after colliding with a mountain two years ago.
        1. +11
          14 October 2021 09: 40
          Not two years, but 2005.
          1. +4
            14 October 2021 09: 48
            Really wrong. I remembered that there is an article on VO 2019
            https://topwar.ru/158503-tajna-avarii-submariny-san-francisko.html
            started talking about the year of the accident sad
            An hour ago, after reading your comment below, I wanted to correct mine, but time has passed ...
          2. 0
            17 October 2021 23: 55
            Not in 2005, but in 2000, and not with a mountain, but with "Kursk".
      3. Alf
        +1
        14 October 2021 21: 24
        Quote: Mavrikiy
        Who was the PL chewing?

        Megalodon.
        laughing
      4. 0
        14 October 2021 22: 03
        In the photo there is another boat. There was this photo in another article with the caption what kind of boat, like a couple of days ago.
    5. +6
      14 October 2021 10: 02
      Two mutually exclusive conclusions can be drawn from the article)))) 1. The detection equipment on the "wolf" is not so super - duper, as mattress covers advertised it. 2. Sly Chinese, on the route of the super-submarine, unnoticed by everyone, built a reef)))
      1. +22
        14 October 2021 18: 19
        Quote: TermNachTER
        Two mutually exclusive conclusions can be drawn from the article))))

        Nikolai, the author of the article, is just a treasure trove for "critics" of his naval creativity. laughing
        I'll start in order.
        1. "Modern low frequency short range sonars allow their operators to see and distinguish a wide variety of underwater objects from mines to other boats. "
        - I do not know the "short-range" GAS LF, tk. these gus are intended for far target locations ...
        - I also do not know the GUS LF mine detecting, tk. high-frequency stations are used for these purposes.
        2. The author listed sensors and maps + navigator as necessary conditions for scuba diving, but he apparently does not know about LOCATIONS and ATLAS OF CURRENTS ...
        3. Why the GAS beam propagates only "forward-downward" is not clear. After all, the directional pattern is formed electronically, and the beam can be directed "where it will be sent." And the radiation spectrum can already be selected ... And in general, on Volka, the GAK is broadband, whose mine detection path is HF, and the side burdocks (AN / BQQ-5A) are of medium frequency ...
        4. LF is not used for seabed mapping. Echo sounders and side-scan sonars are high-frequency. Up to 1000m in great detail, and below - only navigationally noticeable underwater landmarks ... Somehow it used to be like that. It might be different now ... who knows. lol
        5. "The place of the boat" on the Volka is stored by BIUS (ASBU). We, by the way, too. 971 without surfacing could store a place for up to 5-6 days with an accuracy "sufficient for the use of weapons." 955 and 885 - up to 8 days. The ams, I think, are not worse. Today the WOLF is the US Navy's "reference" strike boat. SSN22 - the second in the series (in the "wolf" pack). Therefore, in this regard, everything should be in order for her.
        6. "There may be other boats in the area" - no doubt about it. One thing only does not fit: the Vietnamese have nothing to do so far from their bases, and the Chinese "rattles" could not go unnoticed. One of two things remains: either ours or the "English" submarine was substituted ... Ours could monitor the course of the maneuvers of the "partners", and the Englishwoman could be guarded by the English. AVU. Moreover, at the request of the Americans, the British did not answer anything ...
        7. About the masking properties of "background" noises. This is in the past - for 2 reasons. For GAS LF, this is the natural "illumination" of the target; and for the rest - it is eliminated by a machine method, and the targets are now led by discrete.
        8. No "surprises" should influence the choice of the safe speed of movement of the submarine. Moreover, Connecticut was hanging at the Chinese submarine base, carrying out a reconnaissance mission.
        9. The author's description of the BZZh algorithm (on amerskoy PLA) will be left to his conscience. He knows better ... laughing The "engine room" (probably the author was referring to the TURBINE compartment) speaks about Roman's level of competence by Amer. PLA.
        I am more concerned about something else.
        On impact, the absorber rods (compensating grid) usually fell and muffled the pot. Since this did not happen, and the boat remained on the move, then the blow was probably glancing, or not very strong. Which saved the crew.
        Somehow, however. AHA.
        1. 0
          14 October 2021 19: 41
          The British do not have many nuclear submarines, so if any of them are under repair, we will find out. Regarding the mattress reactor - perhaps a completely different design and the AZ does not "fall" upon impact (collision). However, questions still remain. If they hit the reef (touched the ground), even in passive mode, where the commander and navigator were looking. If the area is poorly explored, then they keep a safe depth of 50 - 70 m. In general, there are many questions and there are practically no answers.
        2. 0
          16 October 2021 14: 51
          On impact, the absorbent rods (compensating grid) usually fell and muffled the pot.

          This happens when the power supply is lost. The magnetic clutch opens and the rods are disengaged from the drive.
    6. 0
      15 October 2021 13: 42
      It is a pity that he did not drown at all.
  2. +6
    14 October 2021 05: 35
    The Americans note with displeasure that along with countries that are willing to cooperate and disclose their plans ... ... and coordinate their operations in order to secure their submarines, there are also countries that don't.
    Look what, radiant Americans do not report their submarines! And the fact that the US-ants were in a quiet place in other people's backyards and forehead the nose part was smashed, so it is in the name of democracy!
    1. 0
      14 October 2021 06: 54
      Quote: Vladimir_2U
      And the fact that the US-antsy were quietly in the backyard of others and they smashed their forehead, the nose part, so this is in the name of democracy!

    2. +5
      14 October 2021 06: 56
      And the fact that the US-antsy were quietly in the backyard of others and they smashed their forehead, the nose part, so this is in the name of democracy!

      This is a fight for freedom of navigation! And there is no struggle without sacrifices!
      1. +11
        14 October 2021 06: 57
        Quote: avg avg
        This is a fight for freedom of navigation! And there is no struggle without sacrifices!

        Could have done more fucking, in the name of freedom! laughing
    3. +8
      14 October 2021 07: 12
      You can sympathize with the Americans. It is very unpleasant to gouge such a boat.

      Is it possible to clarify the type and form of sympathy? ... there is restrained, or with tears crying... well, so as not to be mistaken, and certainly feel
      1. +5
        14 October 2021 07: 15
        Quote: Terenin
        kind and form of sympathy? ... there is restrained, or with tears

        "Tore three button accordions" is a bit too much, but we will sympathize with the half-boy. laughing
        1. +9
          14 October 2021 07: 18
          Quote: Vladimir_2U
          Quote: Terenin
          kind and form of sympathy? ... there is restrained, or with tears

          "Tore three button accordions" is a bit too much, but we will sympathize with the half-boy. laughing

          Is it like the anthem of Ukraine? It seems like the anthem of the most ancient civilization, but it seems like a funeral service for the deceased winked
      2. +6
        14 October 2021 07: 18
        Don't make fun of the person, he is working hard to improve his image in the eyes of the State Department. Otherwise they won't give him a residence permit!
        1. +2
          14 October 2021 07: 31
          Quote: avg avg
          Don't make fun of the person, he is working hard to improve his image in the eyes of the State Department. Otherwise they won't give him a residence permit!

          And why "take a steam bath" and it is dangerous for health to strain request With a residence permit, everything is simple. You just need to bring in an "investor visa" from 500 thousand dollars, up to a million ... depending on the state and welcom, you belong to the "exceptional" people Yes
          1. +4
            14 October 2021 12: 34
            You can't earn that kind of money on VO compilations.
  3. 0
    14 October 2021 05: 44
    Make the fool pray to God, so he will smash his whole forehead ... Here's who it is about ...
  4. +8
    14 October 2021 05: 50
    In the Czech Republic, a dude laid out the seat of his car and drove as directed by the navigation system. As a result, the car ended up in a pond. There is a certain type of people who do not fully realize that modern gadgets help, but do not replace common human thought. It’s really strange with a submarine, if it’s a dicky crew, it would have cracked right in the port ... Probably the Chinese microcircuits are to blame, our Roscosmos has already gone through this.
    1. +2
      14 October 2021 06: 57
      Quote: Andrey1978
      In the Czech Republic, a dude, laid out the seat of his car, and drove as directed by the navigation system. As a result, the car ended up in a pond.


      In the "no less civilized" and "advanced" Netherlands, an attempt to follow the instructions of the navigator more than once led to similar consequences ...
      1. +3
        14 October 2021 07: 22
        Quote: PiK
        In the "no less civilized" and "advanced" Netherlands, an attempt to follow the instructions of the navigator more than once led to similar consequences ...

        Quote: Andrey1978
        In the Czech Republic, a dude, laid out the seat of his car, and drove as directed by the navigation system. As a result, the car ended up in a pond.

        The human factor, his mother ... no strategist will calculate it No.
      2. +6
        14 October 2021 08: 16
        trying to follow the instructions of the navigator has repeatedly led to similar consequences ...

        This summer, following the navigator to Bakhchisarai, he was unexpectedly redirected to Bataysk. It was night, as dark as a Negro's stomach, and I didn’t realize it right away. Navigator - he is!
        1. +2
          14 October 2021 15: 38
          Artificial intelligence in action. It's good that I sent it somewhere to the same letter B, because I could have changed it smile
          1. +2
            14 October 2021 17: 52
            sent somewhere to the same letter B

            I had a specific address crammed into my navigator, and he sent me to this address, but not to Bakhchisarai. And he could go to Biysk or Birobidzhan. So lucky still.
        2. +3
          14 October 2021 16: 34
          Quote: Aviator_
          trying to follow the instructions of the navigator has repeatedly led to similar consequences ...

          This summer, following the navigator to Bakhchisarai, he was unexpectedly redirected to Bataysk. It was night, as dark as a Negro's stomach, and I didn’t realize it right away. Navigator - he is!

          hi What if the famous QUAKERS showed up? Somehow they didn’t like the American submarine. So we tried!
  5. +1
    14 October 2021 05: 53
    As always, the Americans were let down by their self-confidence and "exclusivity"! "The most - the most" stepped on a cow cake ..
    1. +2
      14 October 2021 06: 27
      Quote: Yngvar
      As always, the Americans were let down by their self-confidence and "exceptionalism"!

      They think they are "Nautilus"! )))
  6. +8
    14 October 2021 05: 57
    I don't give a damn about them all, as long as the ocean is not dirtied with radiation ...
  7. +2
    14 October 2021 06: 14
    As I understand it, a phenomenon is developing in the American Navy, which is characterized by one capacious Russian word, moderated here, a mild synonym for which is absolute indifference to the safety of navigation, which is why collisions of surface ships have occurred earlier, recall the destroyer Fitzgerald in 2017, in the same year, there was another clash between two American destroyers.
  8. +1
    14 October 2021 06: 17
    The fakir was drunk and the trick failed ... wassat
  9. +6
    14 October 2021 06: 28
    One day I suddenly remembered Zadornov with a story about a Spanish lighthouse and an American aircraft carrier ...
  10. +5
    14 October 2021 06: 29
    You can sympathize with the Americans. It is very unpleasant to gouge such a boat.
    Well, I don’t know .. I’m pleased. Everyone is alive and well. And the toy was taken away from the over-aged American children for a long time. Yes, and another question - have we already been awarded?
    1. 0
      14 October 2021 06: 39
      Secretly - there are no losses on our side!
  11. kig
    0
    14 October 2021 07: 01
    It is clear that this was USO, an unidentified underwater object. They have long been famous for their tremendous speed, tremendous depth of movement, and the impossibility of detection. The only question is what he was doing in the South China Sea.
  12. Eug
    0
    14 October 2021 07: 01
    McCain is back?
  13. bar
    +3
    14 October 2021 07: 13
    You can sympathize with the Americans. It is very unpleasant to gouge such a boat.

    But I do not want to sympathize, but to rejoice. A trifle, but nice. laughing
    1. 0
      14 October 2021 07: 36
      Nice "little thing"!
  14. 0
    14 October 2021 07: 18
    Roman forgot to mention other cases of collisions with dry cargo ships and container ships, though surface ships.
  15. +7
    14 October 2021 07: 28
    Interestingly, this is not the first time that submarines collide with obstacles and among themselves, and almost always American boats remain afloat and return to base on their own. Either the design concept adopted by them, in contrast to the two-hull, shows great survivability, or are they so lucky?
  16. +7
    14 October 2021 07: 33
    How does Roman know the scale of the damage, given that there are still no photos, is a great mystery. I have 2 options: either the Pentagon reports to him, or Roma personally sailed with scuba diving in Guam around Connecticut.
    1. +3
      14 October 2021 13: 09
      and the damage is apparently not very significant, since the boat under its own power more than 1000 nautical miles passed, and did not ask for help
  17. +1
    14 October 2021 07: 43
    It's okay, it's just that the Chinese are pouring the islands too quickly.
  18. 0
    14 October 2021 07: 44
    Something I do not really believe in the information striped. The boat, designed for huge loads on the hull when diving to the maximum depth, opened its face like this. What kind of force should the blow be and at the same time cost bruises and bumps and a couple of fractures? Well, well, whoever drives a car knows what happens in a collision, even at low speed. And the boat is not a car tire in terms of strength and its weight is appropriate.
    1. +2
      14 October 2021 10: 23
      Can carry lethal casualties through accidents at their bases ....
      1. 0
        15 October 2021 07: 00
        Can carry lethal casualties through accidents at their bases ....
        Fell in the fight against bedbugs.
        1. 0
          15 October 2021 07: 07
          If the bugs are soaked in Novichok, it will be power. Not a single US submarine will resist from their power ... there will be nowhere to hide ... they will even get it in a nuclear reactor. smile
    2. 0
      14 October 2021 12: 20
      HOW did you plow?
    3. +3
      14 October 2021 13: 17
      and no one saw her damage (Roman is so sure), and in the main photo he brought out a completely different photo of sixteen years ago, and the damage is most likely insignificant, at least it did not prevent the boat from going 1700 kilometers in three days
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  19. +1
    14 October 2021 07: 53
    It is strange that the US did not blame Russia or China for this for a change. They would have come up with a reason: an artificial reef, jammers, etc.
  20. +3
    14 October 2021 07: 54
    Of course, it's good that the ovs have minus one wolf, but in the top photo, the damaged boat of another project is not SeaWolf! (
    1. +4
      14 October 2021 08: 56
      this is not SeaWolfe! (

      This is "San Francisco" after colliding with a seamount in 2005.
  21. +1
    14 October 2021 07: 55
    This boat looks like Los Angeles at the Norwegian dock!
    1. +1
      14 October 2021 08: 55
      Quote: Sergey39
      This boat looks like Los Angeles at the Norwegian dock!

      Los Angeles-class submarine San Francisco after hitting a reef in 2005
  22. +3
    14 October 2021 07: 56
    If the hull is damaged in any way, the submarine is prohibited from diving.
    And what if the boat was on a reconnaissance mission and received this damage where it was categorically excluded from surfacing? This is not the first time that an American boat, having received damage under water, in a restricted area or because of the threat of being identified as the culprit of a collision, does not surface and continues to move under water, with the aim of leaving the area of ​​the incident ... As our nuclear submarines did, too. ...
  23. 0
    14 October 2021 08: 13
    Sivulf was rammed by the Ukrainian submarine "Balta" U-811 (heiress of the famous U-96), which after the incident reached the Black Sea on its own, and only there gave a distress signal.
  24. +3
    14 October 2021 08: 26
    I don’t think the Americans will admit that they broke the boat.
    It remains to wait for information from the outside.
    1. +1
      15 October 2021 07: 58
      Yes, let the rock unsubscribe.
  25. +5
    14 October 2021 08: 32
    One of the three Seawulf-class attack submarines, SSN-22 Connecticut, returned from a cruise to the South China Sea in a state, to put it mildly, precluding further use of the submarine for its intended purpose in the near future.

    Fortune telling on coffee grounds, the extent of the damage is unknown. In 2005, the San Francisco nuclear submarine, whose photo is in the heading of the article, crashed into an underwater mountain at full speed, 98 wounded and 1 dead, 3 years of repair, and the boat is still in service.
  26. +4
    14 October 2021 08: 32
    A boat is a boat, but Roman's article is a lot of demagogy. It's a pity, it seemed to me that he had outgrown.
  27. +16
    14 October 2021 09: 09
    On the one hand, the author is completely far from knowledge of both the basics of underwater navigation and the technical means of its (navigation) support. On the other hand, there is a marine accident, about which it is only known for certain that it happened.
    The result is an article that is unique in its informativeness and contains no information.
    1. +3
      14 October 2021 10: 31
      Quote: Undecim
      On the one hand, the author is completely far from knowledge of both the basics of underwater navigation and the technical means of its (navigation) support.

      To be honest, as a person completely far from the submarine fleet, I "bought" this article. I wanted to put plus a comment in the style of "One of the few literate articles of the author" to write. And I know Roman's reputation on the site as a journalist very well.
      But I read the comments and decided not to put a plus and not to praise the author.
      1. +6
        14 October 2021 10: 41
        It would be very useful to participate in the topic of professionals, at least the same Klimov, but they have long disappeared from the horizon of the site.
        It is completely incomprehensible why the author placed in the article a photo that has nothing to do with the event in question.
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          1. +7
            14 October 2021 12: 10
            Klimov, of course, is a nervous comrade, but if you don't pay attention to his escapades, you can learn a lot of interesting things ..
        2. -10
          14 October 2021 12: 59
          Timokhin has already unsubscribed in the cart. In short, they themselves have raskherachil GAK, which is nowhere to take. Or Virginias, and he's worse. Or parsing. Minus one pl can be that pleases.
    2. +3
      14 October 2021 12: 36
      Hi, hi. hi
      The article is a relevant illustration. smile
      1. -1
        16 October 2021 15: 03
        This illustration is more suitable for the boat C363, which entered the territorial waters of neutral Sweden on October 27, 1981 and jumped out onto the rocks in full view of the Swedish naval base Karlskrona.
        After that, she received the nickname "Swedish Komsomolets". laughing
    3. +1
      15 October 2021 08: 01
      But there was a sensible comment above. Stronger than the article itself.
  28. +2
    14 October 2021 09: 10
    Hmm. Unlucky boat ...
    2003 year.
    "The American submarine Connecticut was attacked by a polar bear during a training voyage near the North Pole," NEWS.com.au reports.
    The attack came when the submarine surfaced in ice off the northern coast of Alaska. The bear studied the rudder of the submarine sticking out of the ice for half an hour, and then pounced on it. "
    They say the casing was damaged. The boat was also under repair twice after that.
  29. 0
    14 October 2021 09: 19
    This type of navigation has very minor bugs, but it does. Moreover, these errors may well get worse over time.

    Experts, educate. And to clarify the coordinates of the GPS, the receiver on the string cannot be released?
    1. +5
      14 October 2021 09: 37
      Resetting the navigation error is not a problem for a submarine if it does not need to hide. If, for reasons of secrecy, surfacing to the periscope depth is undesirable, then hydroacoustic systems with bottom transponder beacons are used, forming an equipped position in the ocean.
  30. 0
    14 October 2021 09: 44
    Anything could have happened there. Could get into an underwater hole and the failure occurred in height, hit the reef, the tracking boat.
  31. +3
    14 October 2021 09: 47
    Nothing detonated, the boat went under its own power, you need to know how to make boats, but people, yes, can be wrong
    1. +1
      14 October 2021 10: 15
      Quote: JD1979
      Interestingly, this is not the first time that submarines collide with obstacles and among themselves, and almost always American boats remain afloat and return to base on their own. Either the design concept adopted by them, in contrast to the two-hull, shows great survivability, or are they so lucky?

      Their monohull boats are designed with a reinforced bow ballast tank, this is done specifically in case of a head-on collision, they are strong on the forehead. The nature of the damage received is interesting, it seems that it was not a natural object such as a rock or a reef.
  32. +5
    14 October 2021 10: 15
    Absolutely not a supporter of the United States. and you can say a lot, but one thing is clear: the device turned out to be strong. To sail with such damage on its own is worth a lot.
  33. -1
    14 October 2021 10: 17
    It's all like hitting a reef rock. Just like in the anecdote from Zadorny, where negotiations are going on between the captain of the ship and the keeper of the lighthouse on the island, who should yield to whom, and turn off first.
    1. +12
      14 October 2021 10: 49
      This is a photo of another boat
  34. 0
    14 October 2021 11: 04
    The author is confused about high frequency and low frequency sonars.
    It is the low-frequency sonar that is heard at a greater distance - taking into account the radiation power, of course. High frequencies in hydroacoustics attenuate at a multiple of a smaller distance, so they are used to detect not only underwater rocks and neighboring submarines, but also underwater mines and network obstacles.
    Most likely, the Americans had inaccurate topographic maps of the seabed and, walking on a digital map without using sonar, rammed an underwater rock.
    Another thing is that trying to hide from anti-submarine forces in the South China Sea for submarines is like hiding in a soup with dumplings, since this water area is crammed with Chinese sonar systems installed in the coastal zone of the mainland and islands, and is also controlled by the radars of Chinese anti-submarine aircraft that detect surface waves from the movement of enemy submarines under water.
  35. +3
    14 October 2021 11: 08
    Yes, I do not envy the captain. They will tear him down epic and with gusto. Since the GAK antenna, which costs like a fighter, or even more expensive, was 100% damaged, and the boat was dropped from the fleet for at least 1,5-2 years - at least a year of repair + a full test cycle. And this is also modest. The boat will definitely have to be transported with a floating dock to the plant, order an antenna GAK, which is not a warehouse storage position, dismantle the old one, install and connect a new one, and these are thousands of hydrophones and emitters to connect, check and configure, change the cables going into a durable case, and in parallel also check (almost always with partial or complete disassembly) everything that is possible, especially in the reactor and turbine. "Fun", in quotes, and Expensive, with a capital letter. And someone will obviously have to answer for this. Well, it cannot be that no one has been appointed guilty.
    1. -14
      14 October 2021 13: 02
      There is no GAK to replace it.
  36. 0
    14 October 2021 11: 19
    "A neighbor's shed burned down - that's joy !!!" Warrant officer Kazakov worked at the bottom of the South China Sea.
    1. -1
      14 October 2021 12: 34
      Yes, that's how it goes. laughing
      1. +1
        14 October 2021 14: 33
        Somehow it raises doubts about the adequacy of comparing a barn with a weapon created to destroy you. what
    2. 0
      17 October 2021 08: 50
      The Americans are not our neighbors on the mainland. They are uninvited guests.
  37. +1
    14 October 2021 11: 22
    In fact, this is a working situation, the risk of collision exists for aircraft, cars, ships, submarines, which is aggravated by the peculiarities of the state of the environment. And plus the human factor, which is always present, no matter how trained and trained the crew. Of course, for the best fleet in the world, the most modern, the most equipped, the most, etc. etc. this is not a very beautiful situation, especially for Seawulf, but it is quite possible and even inevitable, given the desire of the Americans to crawl everywhere and everywhere. So this is a working process, its costs, more precisely, associated with the active actions of the US Navy, which they are supposed to do. Someone will get a hat, maybe on business, or maybe because they were just unlucky. Again, a working situation.
  38. +3
    14 October 2021 11: 25
    Collisions with reefs and rocks are not that uncommon.
    For example, the Soviet nuclear submarine 671 of the project (K-469) in the Philippine Sea broke the nose and GAS, respectively.
    In an underwater canyon, chasing our own reflections, we encountered a previously unmarked rock.

    Repair - 2,5 years.
  39. +2
    14 October 2021 12: 12
    According to a US Navy spokesman;
    "The submarine remains in a safe and stable condition. The nuclear power plant and aircraft carrier Connecticut have not been damaged and remain fully operational. Damage to the rest of the submarine is being assessed. The US Navy has not sought assistance. The incident is under investigation."

    On Guam, the dry dock that served the SSN-711 (top photo from the article) no longer exists. They will assess the degree of damage, if necessary, patch it up "on the knee" and go to the place of repair.
  40. 0
    14 October 2021 14: 04
    The scale of the damage excludes the drunken whale

    You needlessly underestimate a drunken whale in a state of brawl, especially if it's a Russian whale on vacation! wassat
  41. +4
    14 October 2021 14: 28
    - Navigator !!! Where are we?
    - In the sobering-up center, cap!
    -What is this precision? You name the sea ...
    laughing
  42. 0
    14 October 2021 15: 02
    What pathos!
    But the author modestly kept silent about the fact that such cases occur regularly.
    (quite recently, someone was thrown aground, crashed into a merchant, etc. And we, too, but the fleet is small, so not often ...)
    He gave only general assumptions about what will happen next, what a plus ...
    1. +1
      14 October 2021 15: 08
      Well, sometimes pathos breaks through ... Man, the author wants to be objective, in spite of xenophobia, so to speak. This is good news.
  43. -11
    14 October 2021 15: 18
    Here Seawulf "hobbled" to Guam. And this, excuse me, is several thousand km. And the depth of the accident was several hundred meters.
    And Kursk - no. Despite the fact that the tragedy occurred at a shallow depth and not far from their shores and there were their own ships nearby.
    Iron can always be either repaired or scrapped. But you can't bring people back. And, the main thing is that not a single czuka who lied in packs in a zombie box all over the country does not even sit
    1. 0
      14 October 2021 16: 06
      However, it is interesting if Seewolf has two ballast tanks (bow and stern) and the bow tank was hit by a collision and nevertheless the boat surfaced, then the bow tank did not receive serious damage
    2. +5
      14 October 2021 19: 33
      Quote: AC130 Ganship
      Here Seawulf "hobbled" to Guam.
      And Kursk - no.
      Dear, if SSN22 exploded, like Kursk's, ammunition, then we would have a mass grave of American submariners that is difficult to reach from the depths. And all your insinuations about the death of K-141 smell bad, because the topic is cloudy and very closed. and to this day.
  44. 0
    14 October 2021 17: 48
    And the photo is fake. The amers have damaged the front of the wheelhouse, not the nose. And 10 times less, I wonder why they slip this to us. Probably, Skomorokhov will stop reading, something is faking ...
  45. 0
    14 October 2021 18: 00
    Has anyone seen Petrov and Boshirov bandaged?
  46. 0
    14 October 2021 18: 05
    The boatswain drew an asterisk on the reef.
  47. +1
    14 October 2021 18: 20
    Well, you, Roman, did not indicate the source. The lion's share of the article was rewritten from War Zone.
  48. -1
    14 October 2021 18: 25
    It's okay, cut off the front carefully, paint over and let it float on like that.
  49. 0
    14 October 2021 18: 27
    Annotate the title photo - this is a different submarine
  50. +1
    14 October 2021 19: 03
    Experienced crew .... we know nothing about their "experience", as it is not clear what happened.
    But the systems and equipment seem to have worked perfectly, saving the lives of the crew.
  51. -1
    14 October 2021 19: 21
    I guess it was a GIANT NARWHAL!!! laughing

    More and more every year
    From the dark depths
    Someone pops up at night
    To the yellow light of the moon.
    More and more every year
    Far from the earth
    Someone swims up into the sea
    And sinks ships.
    Far from earth
    Ships are dying in the ocean.

    Maybe in the Congo
    You and I will see something else,
    Maybe in Paris
    A monster will appear tomorrow
    Splash in the Seine
    It will be a terrible monster
    Monster, monster.
    To the mystery of the century
    No answer yet
    And what will happen next is unknown,
    And the priestesses of science,
    They just throw up their hands,
    And they don’t know anything.

    (Song from the movie "Captain Nemo")
  52. -2
    14 October 2021 19: 38
    What do you want if LGBT people rule! These are people who are sick in the front and back! They have the same thing in their heads: who to squeeze or who to give! It will either disappear, however! And the face was spoiled well! Retribution came in return for the nuclear submarine Kursk! am lol good
  53. -1
    14 October 2021 20: 57
    Roman Skomorokhov! The Seawolf nuclear submarine is one of the most formidable submarines of the Cold War era! It can be armed with up to 50 Harpoon or Tomahawk anti-ship missiles! Five or six of these submarines can fire a salvo of 300 missiles! This is not a French parachute like the Suffren class submarines, which they wanted to sell to the Australians for a fabulous 66 lard dollars!
    1. +1
      17 October 2021 08: 56
      Why are you shouting like that?
      You need to be calmer.
  54. -2
    14 October 2021 21: 35
    The United States continues to be a significant naval power in the world's oceans! No matter what anyone says! American nuclear-powered ships are still patrolling in the most remote areas of the world's oceans!
    1. 0
      18 October 2021 14: 23
      Stop being pathetic, otherwise after almost every word there is an exclamation, you are our yankoliz... wassat
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  56. +1
    14 October 2021 21: 45
    The picture shows the USS San Francisco (SSN-711). Like Los Angeles.
    Collision near Guam in 2005.
    The question is, why sculpt a hunchback and endlessly theorize in the absence of information?
    Have nothing else to do?
  57. +1
    14 October 2021 21: 46
    “The question arises: what did the Connecticut forget in the South China Sea?”
    This is how he sowed democracy. And what about freedom of navigation then? There is not a single hole into which they would not stick their nose.
  58. 0
    15 October 2021 00: 59
    It looks like the lighthouse hasn’t turned away from its path after all
  59. -1
    15 October 2021 04: 24
    The army is deteriorating. What can you expect from an army in which converted men serve?
  60. -2
    15 October 2021 06: 44
    I won’t be surprised that after some time it will become clear that this is a special operation using our drone or our ally!
    The United States needs to be driven into the Caribbean Sea and not allowed to stick its head out there. But Britain doesn’t need a fleet at all. A ferry is enough for the Britons to cross to the mainland.
    1. 0
      15 October 2021 09: 04
      Hooray, the earflaps flew!
      laughing
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  62. 0
    15 October 2021 13: 42
    Quote: PiK
    Quote: Civil
    In the avatar "PiK Group", since when did the builders become restricted to travel abroad?

    It is difficult to conduct a restrained full-fledged dialogue with people whose thinking is limited by subjective images, in this case a picture, an "avatar", which in principle can be anything, even the most abstract.

    But you have already made a conclusion - "branded" laughing

    Although in my case, "P" and "K" are just initials ...

    Here you are, "Civilian" judging by the avatar - "a military object that cannot be photographed" ...

    Border post?


    If correctly and professionally, then it’s a borderline...sign. lol
  63. +1
    15 October 2021 16: 28
    Well, first of all, it was a Spanish lighthouse. He was supported by dinner, two bottles of beer and a canary, so the American boat simply had no chance.
    And secondly, isn’t it time to start using fire ships on a massive scale? It is not difficult to imagine systems that will completely stop the activity of enemy boats, despite the fact that it will not even be possible to make any claims. Hehe...
  64. 0
    16 October 2021 14: 26
    We were doing and doing, and Vasya Pupkin came and fsyo palamal. Abidna adnaka.
  65. -2
    16 October 2021 15: 07
    At the end we are waiting for Putin with the socramental phrase “she drowned...”.
  66. 0
    16 October 2021 19: 28
    That is, local experts did not notice that in the illustration of the damage we see the USS San Francisco, which rammed an underwater rock. And regarding “Connecticut”, you can quote one grandfather, with a slight correction: “She did NOT drown” (c)
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    1. 0
      18 October 2021 14: 25
      Is the region asking for this? negative
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  70. 0
    18 October 2021 18: 56
    He got hit in the face wassat Don't poke your nose where it's not needed what
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  72. -1
    19 October 2021 09: 32
    One of three Seawolf-class attack submarines, SSN-22 Connecticut, collided with an unknown object, believed to be an underwater reef, in the South China Sea.
    The crew of the Reef, a deep-sea vehicle of the Pacific Fleet, has been presented with government awards.
    The titanium body of the device was practically undamaged after the successful ramming.
    1. 0
      19 October 2021 13: 06
      Probably the first photo does not refer to an American submarine. The boat did not sink...as one commander in chief once said. But the newest Komsomolets and Kursk...well, they are not American.
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  74. 0
    31 October 2021 07: 55
    studied, adapted..... laughing
  75. 0
    31 October 2021 15: 24
    I wasn’t too lazy to read all the comments and what was surprising was that no one remembered Godzilla! fellow
  76. kig
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    16 November 2021 15: 04
    How much can you harp on the same thing? The photo in the header must have a caption, and the caption should be: "USS San Francisco (SSN-711) in dry dock to assess damage Guam Jan 8 2005" .

    This was even written about here on VO. Perhaps the photo was taken from there in order not to go far, although there were quite a lot of different ones on the Internet. As for Connecticut, I have so far been able to find only one photo where the boat is shown moored to the pier at the base of the island. Guam. The photo does not show any serious damage to the nasal tip; apparently they are all located in the lower part of the hull and are still hidden under water.



    Source https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42851/this-is-our-first-look-at-the-uss-connecticut-after-its-underwater-collision

    The post dated October 22 says that this is a satellite image. And they are also surprised that so far no photographs of the damage suffered by the boat have appeared anywhere, and in general the command remains silent.

    On November 2, Start&Stripes wrote that the fleet finally announced the reason: a collision with an underwater hill not indicated on the map. And on November 4, USNI News reported that, as a result of an investigation into the incident, three crew members: the boat commander, his first mate and the “Chief of the Boat” (apparently the chief petty officer) were relieved of their duties. So there you go. You can calm down.
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    17 November 2021 22: 53
    the crew clearly knew and could not do everything

    He knew and knew how to scurry.
    Well, the rock turned out to be stronger; they haven’t been fighting with even a relatively strong one for a long time.
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