In defence of Submarines

By [unnamed sender] ·

TML message #2561From bundle 209

Hi,

Just reviewing the accusations against my sub.  Well,  She had an operationa
depth of close to 3 km, designed according to George Herbert's rule supp
(Great stuff George!)  At that depth she's going to be below densiometer
range.  She's got continental range passive sonar and the same densiometers
that an attacking drone would have.  She can pick em out before the drones
might.  Any drone that gets within range would need a meson com to say what
it has found, That means big fusion plant so easy detection.
The Sub is powered from geothermal plants so no neutrino emmsissions.

The Sub is FAR below the thermocline layer so EM level is probably ZERO
plus it will be hard to detect by sonar.

Also, the sub is the same gross density as water.  therefore Very hard to
detect in the surrounding medium and indestinguishable from a sunken ship.

Finding standard deep site meson guns:
Well, I still think that LADAR from orbit will be adequate to perform
sizemic analysis, after all you can use the same apparatus to monitor
conversations in a room by monitoring the vibrations on a glass window
right?  Also remember that that can be done with just a few detection points
Now multiply that by the cubic volume of a densiometer scan and tell me
what you think that will do to increase signal to noise!!!

I really think with adequate computing power it should be a snap to find the
buried sites given the strength of the sensors available.

But here is one question related to the PDI (Psionic Defence Initiative)
How much Power, weight, Volume, Cost should it be to shield a vessel?
Any Ideas?

	Here is a question for you with military experience:

What is a realistic ratio for officers to enlisted for ships/ground forces?

More questions,

Scott