Hi gang,

Well, the show title was not really consistent with the content.  However,
the first part demonstrated the reasons and attitudes that drive the naval
services to jealously guard their technology.

The show was about a British submarine, HMS Splendid, as she went through
training to become the first British warship to fire a US Tomahawk cruise
missle.  Splendid was also the first British ship to fire on the United
States since the Civil War -- the target was on San Clemente Island, CA.
(;{)>

In the second half of the program, a most interesting part of the training
was the assignment to photograph the bottom of a (drifting) destroyer while
not alerting it.  They showed video tape of the bottom of the destroyer
taken through the periscope from a distance of 10 _feet_!

For additional related information, beyond my web page, I recommend "BLIND
MAN'S BLUFF: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage," by Sherry
Sontag and Christopher Drew.

Take care,
Bob F


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>
>Hi gang,
>
>This looks like a good bet for more information on how the Navy detects
>submarines -- and the signals which precede earthquakes.
>
>"Submarine Hunter" -- tonight on the Discovery Channel, 8 pm and again at
>11, PDT.
>
>For the newcomers, the Dept of Defense admitted to Senator Alan Cranston
>that they did have the technology -- 25 years ago!

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