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    Stealth Tech Blamed for International Sub Crash, French Crew Unaware They'd Hit Anyone for Days

    Two Nuclear Submarines Collide in the Atlantic
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/18/09

    In reply to Stealth Tech Blamed for International Sub Crash, French Crew Unaware They'd Hit Anyone for Days
    Yeah, it's just like those cheese eating surrender monkeys to pull a hit-and-run..
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    02/18/09

    In reply to Stealth Tech Blamed for International Sub Crash, French Crew Unaware They'd Hit Anyone for Days
    these things don't have a periscope? or some sort of camera mounted outside the sub to see where they're going? or what they just hit? really?
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    02/18/09

    @CraziestGadgets.com: Not to mention something "mounted on the side of the sub" would create unwanted noise moving through the water.
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    02/18/09

    In reply to Stealth Tech Blamed for International Sub Crash, French Crew Unaware They'd Hit Anyone for Days
    France has subs? why? Isn't their only threat rioting teenagers? Subs seem like overkill for a country that does nothing
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    02/18/09

    @superbryant: Except surrender and run and bitch.
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    02/18/09

    @AKAuser: Its funny how none of the French Gizmodo readers are fighting back against your comments. Its almost as if they've decided not to retaliate.
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    02/18/09

    @Scotland: Being in France, not many people here even care when people make fun of them. It's just so blatantly false that people ignore it.
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    02/18/09

    @bobothepanda: So you've surrendered surrendering?
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    02/18/09

    @Toshie: that cracked me up.
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    02/18/09

    In reply to Stealth Tech Blamed for International Sub Crash, French Crew Unaware They'd Hit Anyone for Days
    I don't blame Stealth, I blame chance and probability. It was bound to happen, and it seems that if they would "write off" hitting a shipping container, it must happen a good amount of time. I mean hell, a US sub did an Emergency Blow once and hit a Japanese ship. Besides, Jessica Biel was totally hot in Stealth.
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    02/18/09

    @DTVTransitioned_GitEmSteveDave: As I recall she was the only redeaming quality of that movie.
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    02/18/09

    @zenpoet: She's the reason I use an Exercise ball as a computer chair. B/c if I have an ass like hers, I'll never have to leave the house.
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    02/18/09

    @DTVTransitioned_GitEmSteveDave: Then what's the point of having a heavenly ass if you're gonna hide it?
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    02/18/09

    @AEchinoderm: That's what my webcams are for. See, I'm miles ahead of you. I just blew your mind, didn't I!


    As Al Pacino said "You can look, but don't touch! Who-HA!

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    02/19/09

    @Buckaroo_GitEmSteveDave: Emergency Blow? Is that for the times when you just HAVE to get a load off?
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    02/19/09

    @USB_Humping_Dog: No, when you have to get to the surface quickly. Like the Dallas did in Red October. Here, at about 7:00 in:
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    02/18/09

    In reply to Stealth Tech Blamed for International Sub Crash, French Crew Unaware They'd Hit Anyone for Days
    i wonder if lasers could be useful to determine imminent obstacles in front of the submarine... or even a camera!
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    02/18/09

    @masbo99: No. Your visibility 500 feet down is VERY low. You'd need massive lights jjst to see 20 feet in front of you. And if we learned anything from Jonesy:



    Russian captains sometime turn suddenly to see if anyone's behind them. We call it "Crazy Ivan." The only thing you can do is go dead. Shut everything down and make like a hole in the water. The catch is, a boat this big doesn't exactly stop on a dime... and if we're too close, we'll drift right into the back of him.
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    02/18/09

    @masbo99: What about magnetic sensors? I am sure a 16 ton metal body full of electric systems puts out quite a mag field.
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    02/18/09

    @ras_d: That's why we developed the Remmlar Array.
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    02/16/09

    In reply to Two Nuclear Submarines Collide in the Atlantic
    AP, Atlantic Ocean: Two nuclear submarines collided in early February, when a French submersible backed into a the HMS Vanguard. It appeared that the accident was caused when a particularly scary Tursiops Truncatus, or Bottle Nose Dolphin, spooked the Frenchmen, and caused them to flea in uncontrollable terror, all the whilst proclaiming loudly that they "would not put up a fight."


    Insurance has been exchanged, and the French roundly ridiculed by the world theater.

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    02/16/09

    @zenpoet: Ah, yes. Loligo Giganticus. With a razor sharp beak, that can tear steel as easily as I tear a croissant. But, at heart, he is a peaceful giant.


    Oh Poop!

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    02/16/09

    @SparkleMotion_GitEmSteveDave: Way to go Stevedave, you broke the monitor and you're dead. Happy?


    Did we really just quote that show? Are we the only two that loved it?

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    02/16/09

    In reply to Two Nuclear Submarines Collide in the Atlantic
    They've got to learn to pull out before things start breaking.
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    02/16/09

    In reply to Two Nuclear Submarines Collide in the Atlantic
    So how long did it take the French ship to surrender? Did they put down their cheese first?
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    02/16/09

    In reply to Two Nuclear Submarines Collide in the Atlantic
    The captain was probably texting while steering.
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    02/16/09

    In reply to Two Nuclear Submarines Collide in the Atlantic
    One day, this will happen again and the spilled nuclear material will create Godzilla. When will people learn??
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    02/16/09

    In reply to Two Nuclear Submarines Collide in the Atlantic
    hahaah so wait wait ahahahah

    two stealth subs, in the huge big wide ocean, happen to run into each other? ahahah i would have loved to see a video of that ish happening.
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    02/16/09

    @Crixxtachi: "Despite being equipped with sonar to detect other vessels, neither submarine apparently realised the other was in the same part of the ocean."


    That's from the article. Plus, it apparently happened in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, not near some port. All this makes me wonder how many of these submarines are actually cruising around in the ocean.

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    02/16/09

    In reply to Two Nuclear Submarines Collide in the Atlantic
    First two satellites. Now two subs. Hell, even Raymond Babbitt drove better than this...
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    02/16/09

    In reply to Two Nuclear Submarines Collide in the Atlantic
    Something I always wondered. You see stories about big ships, even small ones, where they always have to remove barnacles and shit from them. Do they have to do that with subs? Wouldn't those things create turbulence in the water and produce noise that could be picked up by sonar? If they don't build up, why not, could we somehow take that same tech and build it into other vessels?
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    Image of jariten jariten
    02/16/09

    @imasofa777:

    Subs do get significant sea growth on them over time. Whether it is comparable to private/commercial boats I don't know, however we put our (US) subs into dry dock at least every 2-3 years and one of the things we do is a complete hull cleaning. Also, if the growth is causing a major noise signature the boat will be dry docked or divers will perform a targeted cleaning. I've seen speed increases of over 15% on boats with a fresh hull, fresh condenser, and clean strainers.
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    02/16/09

    @jariten: Just imagine what a speed increase they could get if they painted flames on the side. Or even a shark mouth!
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