I thought I kick off a discussion on submarine operation and tactics in general. I hope this is the right forum and the title is sufficiently close.
Russian and Chinese subs are often described as nosier than their western counterparts. The way I understand it, SSK's generate quite a bit of noise when running on diesel engine but comparatively little noise when running on batteries. Since there are no cooling pumps (?) that have to run permanently like on SSN's, I assume SSK's can be totally silent while holding a position right?
So would it be save to say, that SSK's generate noise proportionally to the speed they are traveling at (on batteries that is)?
Russian and Chinese subs are often described as nosier than their western counterparts. The way I understand it, SSK's generate quite a bit of noise when running on diesel engine but comparatively little noise when running on batteries. Since there are no cooling pumps (?) that have to run permanently like on SSN's, I assume SSK's can be totally silent while holding a position right?
So would it be save to say, that SSK's generate noise proportionally to the speed they are traveling at (on batteries that is)?