On Nov 15, 4:28 am, "Steve W." wrote:

During operations off Okinawa back on 26 October 2006,
the Navy is saying that a Chinese Song class submarine
evidently made a rather close approach to aircraft carrier
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). The Song class boat evidently
surfaced within five miles of the carrier. Whether the
approach of the Song class boat was actually undetected,
the Navy refuses to say. In addition to Kitty Hawk,
("the Battle Cat"), with her own air group --
the Kitty Hawk Strike Group includes a couple of cruisers,
seven destroyers, and a pair of submarines, plus, most
likely, satellites on call; all with a significant amount
of submarine detection ability.

--
Steve W.

The submarine detection ability is severely reduced when steaming at
say 20 knots or more.


Dan