Submarines in the News

Submarines’ stealth capabilities are serverely eroded when they make the “news,” but the “news” is not often meant to inform.  Rather, the “news” is often meant to broadcast certain agendas, or send messages not necessarily “received.”

With the above in mind, I point to two “news” stories.  First, from Debka.com, under the headline A US nuclear submarine crosses into Strait of Hormuz, which informs us of the following.

Tehran reports that an Iranian naval patrol Thursday, May 27, detected a US nuclear submarine sailing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, through which most of the oil produced by Persian Gulf states passes on its way to world markets. debkafile’s Iranian sources report Tehran has placed its navy and army on high alert.

Western intelligence and naval sources confirm that a nuclear-armed American submarine has in fact entered the Persian Gulf. This confirms debkafile’s report of May 20 that the Obama administration had decided to boost US military strength in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf regions in the short term with an extra air and naval strike forces and 6,000 Marine and sea combatants. Carrier Strike Group 10, headed by the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, was due to sail out of the US Navy base at Norfolk, Virginia Friday, May 21.

The second story, in the Times Online, under the headline Israel stations nuclear missile subs off Iran, informs us of this.

Three German-built Israeli submarines equipped with nuclear cruise missiles are to be deployed in the Gulf near the Iranian coastline.

The first has been sent in response to Israeli fears that ballistic missiles developed by Iran, Syria and Hezbollah, a political and military organisation in Lebanon, could hit sites in Israel, including air bases and missile launchers.

The submarines of Flotilla 7 — Dolphin, Tekuma and Leviathan — have visited the Gulf before. But the decision has now been taken to ensure a permanent presence of at least one of the vessels.

I sincerely hope that the Captains of these submarines, and the naval chains of command, are working together more cooperatively than Obama has appeared to work with the leaders of Israel.

Both sub stories linked via Fred Lapides.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 05/31 at 10:46 AM

  1. I been following both stories…if Iran detected a submarine…we need to pay close attention to how that happened…unless they wanted to be detected.

    Who knows…I still believe the Middle East will explode sooner rather than later…and I believe 0bama is some truly bad bad juju.  For crying out loud, he’s afraid of the rain.

    On the by…trout have the same “look” and dynamics of a submarine.  We had a successful night, last night.  Boo coo rainbows were snagged…too much fun.  We released all except for a couple two / three we ate for breakfast.  You are absolutely 100% correct…“Dancing in the dark”, is an art.  My friend had some new “kinda” florescent “line” that works with moonlight.  Way far out man…very cool..Haha!.  It did make a difference.  We were using his hand tied stuff, and they worked…I kid you not, I caught one on my first sling.  I call luck on that.

    The world needs some calculated luck about right now.  Our adversaries don’t think like us…they will force the hand they don’t understand.  I hope we understand that, and don’t do anything stupid…but we must do something.

    Posted by Yabu  on  05/31  at  01:15 PM

  2. My only exposure to submarines is knowledge of some of the systems they use.  I think that the only way a US nuclear sub is detected there is if they wanted to be.  I suppose it might be luck, but not knowing enough about the problems in the Straits, it’s just guessing. 

    And OT, the fish with the almost perfect hydrodynamics is the bluefin tuna.  Virtually every detail of their anatomy is perfect for low energy output at high speed, from the blood rich muscle near their centerline, to their warm blooded physiology to the placement of their gills for laminar flow of the output water.  Even their pectoral fins fold into a recess for lower drag.  Remarkable.

    Posted by SiGraybeard  on  05/31  at  02:57 PM

  3. Mr. Greybeard…you are much more graceful than me. “low energy output at high speed…and the laminar flow of the output water”...that would be the “plan”...plus, Tuna tastes good.  Having said that, I believe a Bonefish is the most “exhilarating” fish I’ve ever brought to the boat, and set free.  Just my opinion.  I’m not disagreeing about a bluefin tuna…I’ve caught a few myself, but, in my humble opinion, the Bonefish is a good name for a submarine.  I think we had two…SS-582 and and SS-223…I might be wrong, but I can tell you one thing for certain…you haven’t lived until you’ve hooked a halfway decent sized bonefish.  One fish a day is worth the trip.  Damn things run like a scalded dog.  Put a smile on a sad person…

    Posted by Yabu  on  05/31  at  04:35 PM

  4. I wouldn’t mind dropping a couple of them Rainbows on my grill tonight. My 2nd favorite eatin’ fish, next to Grouper.

    Can you imagine the uproar if them Israeli subs were off the North Carolina coast?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  06/01  at  08:34 AM

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