Return to Article: Navy develops two-way radio communication for submerged submarines

By Bob Brewin bbrewin@govexec.com March 5, 2008
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    Well, I think the Navy is not "giving away anything" to the enemy here Frank. What we are NOT told in publications is what should be worrying the hell out of the enemy.

    I heard from a source that we may now have satellite-mounted gear that can rapidly sweep huge areas of the ocean surface with a laser beam, much as an electron beam does in an old TV tube.....the enemy would not know which of a zillion points on the surface was important, so no location of the receiving sub would be given away. Just a rumor.

    James T. Lee MD Posted May 8, 2009 11:00 PM
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    Laser comms' disadvantages significantly outweigh any advantage. The disadvantage? Laser comms relies on precise knowledge of the recieving platforms position and sacrifices stealth.

    John Cooke Posted March 27, 2008 8:02 AM
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    For those not familiar with data transfer metrics, I think the author meant to use the acronym bps (bits per second) instead of pbs (public broadcasting station.)

    Marc Lerch Posted March 7, 2008 10:07 AM
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    What sense does this make to let the enemy know our capabilities, this was just dumb

    dan ketter Posted March 6, 2008 10:41 AM
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    Being a former submariner I am glad to here they have two way communications but wonder how they solved the problem of that giant wire cutter at the back of the boat. We went through a lot of floating antenna cable. When things didn't go as planned

    Frank Humpal Posted March 6, 2008 8:35 AM

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