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By David Hambling

In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union claimed a feat many military experts thought impossible. K-147, a Victor-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, secretly followed the trail of a U.S. boomer (most likely the USS Simon Bolivar) in an underwater game of chase that continued for six days.

U.S. observers at the time thought the Soviets lacked the tech for effective sonar, at least in comparison to the capabilities of the U.S. and its NATO allies. Now, a newly declassified CIA report shows how hunter submarines like the K-147 went on secret missions to track American subs without using sonar at all.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a28724/submarine-sonar-soks/
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Re: How the Soviet Union Snooped Waters for Enemy Subs—Without Sonar
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2017, 02:19:35 pm »
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