XPost: uk.d-i-y
From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com
GB wrote
> On 16/09/2021 18:17, Scott wrote:
>> GB wrote
>>> On 16/09/2021 17:46, nightjar wrote:
>>>> On 16/09/2021 16:49, GB wrote:
>>>>> On 16/09/2021 15:54, nightjar wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The main engineering problem seems to be keeping it from making
>>>>>> detectable noise while the boat is running in quiet mode.
>>>>>
>>>>> That doesn't seem to be an issue, judging by the Vigil films. There's
>>>>> a tannoy system that must be audible miles away, and the crew seem to
>>>>> shout at each other the whole time. What difference would a little
>>>>> gurgling from the reactor make?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I'm talking about real life :-)
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>>>
>>>> However, there is a high power setting fro the coolant pumps, which is
>>>> relatively noisy. That is used when maximum power is more important
>>>> than
>>>> stealth. It is also used when leaving port, as it prevents any spy or
>>>> spy ship from listening for the boat's silent running signature.
>>>
>>> That's interesting. I wonder what happens if they forget to do that
>>> once? Do they scrap the fleet and buy a new one? If so, it would be
>>> quite an expensive mistake.
>>>
>> Could they not just alter one of the components, preferably the
>> noisiest one?
>>
>
>
> Nah! If you're going to do the job, do it properly.
>
> If I had the choice between several dozen new hospitals and a fleet of new
> nuclear submarines, I'd want to be equipped to start a nuclear war we
> couldn't survive. Wouldn't you?
Nope, and we have just stupidly decided to have a fleet of new nuclear
submarines
and have told the frogs to take theirs and shove them where the sun don’t
shine.
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