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Sort of defeats the object of secrecy if a bomber goes down the Suez Canal and all that entails..
They usually go the long way round.
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[Misc] RN SSBN Bomber Patrols
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Sort of defeats the object of secrecy if a bomber goes down the Suez Canal and all that entails..
They usually go the long way round.
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Your quite right, a bomber wouldn’t transit the Suez Canal but our SSN’s do.
I was watching a doc. the other day which followed HMS Turbulent on deployment and she went through the Suez obviously surfaced.
I always thought that the bombers just stayed in the North Atlantic/ Artic Ocean, a lot more sea there to hide in, because their main job depends on them being invisible until they press the big red button.
Also, less missile flight time to, shall we say, their main target.
I also seem to remember, that going back about 15 years, that we had detected an American bomber, and had even followed quite a few Russian bombers, but, nobody had ever detected one of our SSBNs.
Also, less missile flight time to, shall we say, their main target.
I also seem to remember, that going back about 15 years, that we had detected an American bomber, and had even followed quite a few Russian bombers, but, nobody had ever detected one of our SSBNs.
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What ship were you on?
daveinplzen
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We always knew where the Russian subs were. I was at Northwood for a short while, and whilst handing signals through an open door into massive room with giant screen deep, deep underground saw them marked on a wall to wall screen.
The west laid undersea cables that detected them when they passed them.
My 2nd ship was Lowesoft, a sub 'hunter'. We never 'hunted' anything. We were directed to them by London (Northwood)
The west laid undersea cables that detected them when they passed them.
My 2nd ship was Lowesoft, a sub 'hunter'. We never 'hunted' anything. We were directed to them by London (Northwood)
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Baker lite
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Took delivery of this the other day, comes highly recommended for all us old salts on the board.
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I thought it was a Chinese cookbook.
Baker lite
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[emoji1319][emoji1319]bravo sir..
I use’we’ as a collective of the RN, not just ships I served on.
I was on Yarmouth, Rothesay,Berwick, Edinburgh, and the Ark( last one)
And a couple of short term loan drafts, Phobie, and Rhyll.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
When were you on the Phoebe?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Ah ok. My ex served on her 66-68, and several of the ROs, on that commission, were drafted to where I was based so I knew/worked with four or five of them.
Of course, she was also 'HMS Hero' in the series Warship, in the 70s.
You are quite correct the USN do call them Boomers, however as the the thread title suggests we are discussing RN boats and in the Royal Navy they are known as Bombers.
I stand corrected. Shame on me for missing it was referring to the Senior Service.
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I stand corrected. Shame on me for missing it was referring to the Senior Service.
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Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
Took delivery of this the other day, comes highly recommended for all us old salts on the board.
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Now that’s a quality book title.
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It’s great, how many civvies would have any idea what it was about?
Or pongos or crabfats, for that matter.
Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
It still putting a smile on my face.
What other titles can you think of?
A fist full of Uckers
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Took delivery of this the other day, comes highly recommended for all us old salts on the board.
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[emoji23][emoji23] I have literally just this minute finished it!!
