lone South African Submarine "defeats" NATO fleet

[CougarKing]

Thoughts, anyone?

"Lone South African Submarine "Defeats" NATO Fleet
   
A lone South African submarine has left the NATO Maritime Group red faced when it "won" against a fleet of NATO and South African ships in an exercise. The exercise between NATO and South Africa took place off the Cape Coast.

The SAS Manthatisi was pursued using sonar and radar but successfully eluded and destroyed all "enemy" ships.

"To be able to frustrate detection by NATO nations is no mean achievement; it speaks of the excellence of the equipment we required for this purpose." said Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota. These exercises will continue throughout the week."

http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=64708

 

[Yrys]

Can somebody compare theirs equipments to the ones of NATO ?

 

[Jammer]

The South African Navy makes use of Type 209 German built diesel-electric subs. They are inherently more quiet than nucs.
I'll bet CanadianAviator can shed far more light on this than can I

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Funny thing about "exercises"................I doubt the real outcome ever comes close.

 

[gcclarke]

From what I've heard, Commanding Officers are likely to act more aggressively in exercise, especially ASW exercises. Mainly because they can afford to do so without any actual risk of either having your ship broken in half, or your boat imploded.

That having been said, I think this affects the combatants on both sides, so I'm unsure whether this would benefit the surface or subsurface participants.

 

[Larkvall]

Reminds me of the Kelsey Grammar movie "Down Periscope".

 

[Ex-Dragoon]

Thoughts, anyone?

Ummm you do realize this occured in 2007 and I do believe this was talked about then....

Edit: http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/69072/post-651451/topicseen.html#msg651451

 

[aesop081]

I'll bet CanadianAviator can shed far more light on this than can I

Havent you heard, ASW is dead.