Military folks: What type of intel is this Russian spy ship gathering?

Bout tree fiddy

Trying to find Hildabeast's server.

Whale migration patterns

Likely the positions of our ships. And observing our training exercises. This is the same thing we do to everyone else.

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The article says its staying about 17-20 miles off the coast of a large US sub base.

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I think they mostly try and detect subs going out and returning.

In underwater warfare it is not who sees whom first, it is who -hears- whom first. The advances in technology on that are of great interest to both sides. That Chief Petty Officer in the Navy back in the 80's who was spying for the Rooskies was giving them intel on exactly that among other things.

Oddly, the nuclear boats are louder than the diesel boats and can't really run quiet, ever. That is because the cooling systems for the power plant go ker-chunk ker-chunk ker-chunk.

This is all non-classified stuff you can read in any Tom Clancy type novel.

No more or less than ours are doing. And we have alot more of them than they do.

Submarine signatures

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Bout tree fiddy

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Mebbe a lil less dan dat. Tree fordy or so.

(Did not realize I spoke jive, did ya?)

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I thought Trump just gives them all the information? Wasn't that part of the Trump?Putin deal?

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No, in fact it was Hillary Clinton who committed one of the most serious breaches of National Security on record.

Really.

The USN has a fleet of 70 submarines: 14 SSBNs, 4 SSGNs, and 52 attack submarines. It used to be 53, but the USS Miami was set afire (arsoned) earlier this year and will have to undergo repairs, so she is not seaworthy right now.


Russia’s nuclear attack submarine fleet consists of the following:

Russia’s SSBN fleet consists of 4 Delta III class, 7 Delta IV class, and 1 Typhoon class SSBN; another 2 Typhoons are in reserve (sources disagree on whether these will be recommissioned or retired and replaced with Borei class boats). 8 Borei class SSBNs are on order. Two have been completed and undergoing sea trials, 2 further ones are under construction.

8 Victor III class nuclear attack subs (SSNs);
3 Sierra class SSNs;
12 Akula class SSNs; and
1 Yasen (Severodvinsk) class SSN.
Thus, their total SSN number was 24. Russia’s total fleet of nuclear submarines consists of 12+9+24, i.e. 45, boats.

the PLAN (the Chinese navy) has:

5 Type 094 Jin class SSBNs;
1 Xia class SSBN;
1 Golf class SSB;
5 Han class SSNs (but the article on the Han class itself says only 4 submarines of this class remain in service);
at least 4 Shang class (Type 093) SSNs;
2 Type 095 SSNs;
12 Kilo class conventional subs (SSKs);
13 Song class SSKs;
7 Yuan class SSKs;
1 Type 43 Qing class SSK;
17 Romeo class SSKs.
That would give China a fleet of 68 (5+1+1+5+4+12+13+7+1+17) submarines.


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Ouch.

Back in the heyday of the USSR, off the top of my head the Soviet Navy had 300 subs and we had about 100. Their subs are not considered nearly as capable as ours, but who really knows.