ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
Do you think the US could have deployed a sub without being detected? They could if whoever is in charge of the security of the pipeline was in on it. No was in charge of security? Who surveilled it?
Do I think that the US could have deployed a sub without it being detected? Actually, yes. I remember talking to an ASW (Anti Submarine Warfare) friend of mine when I was active duty over 20 years ago, and he told me that the stealth tech for our subs at the time was so good that they didn't look for where the sub WAS, they looked for where the water WASN'T. He said that in order to find the sub, you had to look for the hole in the ocean. I'm pretty sure the tech has seriously advanced in the subsequent 20 plus years. No, they wouldn't have had to have anyone in on it to avoid detection. And, fwiw, the detection equipment that the U.S. Navy has is light years ahead of what you would find on a pipeline with basic radar.