tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842444167716958422.post9055009152054392721..comments2024-01-06T07:29:58.414-08:00Comments on It's 500 Miles to the German Border! - A Twilight 2000 miniature wargaming blog: Module Suitability Review - The Last SubmarinePanzerfaust 150http://www.blogger.com/profile/12718767235022223952noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842444167716958422.post-73036593560419128422017-06-10T17:00:55.857-07:002017-06-10T17:00:55.857-07:00Playing devil's advocate on behalf of the auth...Playing devil's advocate on behalf of the authors, there was a lot of uncertainty regarding Soviet ASW capability in the 1980s. An American paper in 1985 ("A Possible Change in Soviet Views on the Prospects for Anti-Submarine Warfare", from Center for Naval Analyses) along with STS orbiter observations and a paper in Morsky Sbornik by Captain 1st Rank Partala suggest in combination that the Soviets were considering a satellite-based submarine detection system, most likely using synthetic aperture radar to detect internal waves caused by submerged motion. It was thought the SS-NX-13 was intended as an anti-submarine ballistic missile that would use the satellite-based detection system. With the benefit of hindsight, it's apparent that the ASW systems weren't as developed as was feared, but based on the information available at the time, it was considered that the Soviets were behind in the early 1980s, but that the satellite breakthrough might allow them to easily track every submarine NATO had, with sub-launched nuclear missiles being available to destroy them.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17718188146918003275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842444167716958422.post-27668173981496785742017-06-06T18:52:40.339-07:002017-06-06T18:52:40.339-07:00I agree with what Matt is saying - the authors of ...I agree with what Matt is saying - the authors of the game were way too pessimistic about the USN versus the Soviets - especially when the chances of the Soviets taking out ever single USN boomer is basically zeroAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00666582426963550863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842444167716958422.post-50193338096793662532017-06-06T10:47:42.773-07:002017-06-06T10:47:42.773-07:00GDW's try at a Last Ship style series of adven...GDW's try at a Last Ship style series of adventures. I never did buy into the wholsesale decimation of the USN....Matt Wiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07849512258519428584noreply@blogger.com