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Discuss Navy Merlins take part in anti-submarine exercise in Current Affairs on Navy Net; Originally Posted by Ministry of Defence
Two Merlins from 820 Naval Air Squadron have been taking part in the world's biggest anti-submarine exercise, NATO's Proud Manta.
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Navy Merlins take part in anti-submarine exercise 
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It always makes me chuckle when submariners refer to surface ships as targets, in the misguided belief that beneath the waves they are untouchable.
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If you'd spent any time on a boat playing with dunkers (or frigates for that matter) we pretty much are Finks. Anti-submarine chappies big themselves up even more than we do
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Ah but can you big yourself up as much as a PWO? Originally Posted by WreckerL 
If you'd spent any time on a boat playing with dunkers (or frigates for that matter) we pretty much are Finks. Anti-submarine chappies big themselves up even more than we doIn Vino Veritas
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No chance, PWO's learn from pilots I believe.
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Originally Posted by WreckerL
Aye, those buggers take some beating when it comes to legends in their own minds.In Vino Veritas
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I can remember being on the Ark in '92 when I was on 801. We were being shadowed by a T-boat (can't remember which one) and 820 were tasked to find it. They did find it eventually - when a periscope popped-up in the ships' wake! Useless
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I've done ASW exercises when we've ended up with all masts raised and they still haven't pinged us.
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And with "Shakers" going to give em a chance. Originally Posted by WreckerL
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Shakers were noisy enough on the boat, never could understand how our world leading sonar and sonar operators couldn't find us
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