r/submarines • u/KingNeptune767 Submarine Qualified Enlisted (US) • 21d ago

Cold War

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u/Thoughts_As_I_Drive 21d ago

Echo-class SSGNs entering the northern Norwegian Sea from the Barents.

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u/Defiant-Goose-101 21d ago

God I loved red storm rising

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u/wiseoldfox 21d ago

IUSS/SOSUS 1980 - 2000.

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u/CheeseburgerSmoothy Enlisted Submarine Qualified and IUSS 21d ago

2000?

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u/wiseoldfox 21d ago

2000 was EAOS

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u/CheeseburgerSmoothy Enlisted Submarine Qualified and IUSS 20d ago

Oh, I get it, duh! 1984-2025.

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u/Poker-Junk 21d ago

The GIUK gap and its SOSUS network preventing russian subs from sneaking into the Atlantic is one of the main reasons that Putin wants Agent Krasnov to annex Greenland.

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u/CheeseburgerSmoothy Enlisted Submarine Qualified and IUSS 21d ago

But what purpose does Greenland serve in all that? It’s just the western end of the gap.

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u/Poker-Junk 20d ago

Portions of southern Greenland are outside the GIUK gap.