Важно понимать, что они готовились бороться с АПЛ, а не с ДэПЛ
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>Да и с охотой на ПЛ тоже как то не казалось... аргентинскую они так и не поймали..
А сие, особенно учитывая глубокую Северную Атлантику, где готовились щемить русских, и банку Бердвуд у Фолклендов, где максимальная глубина 300 метров - сильно разные вещи.
Цитата:
The Argentinian submarines could have presented themselves as difficult opponents for the RN. Whilst ASW was a key operational area and indeed one in which the 1981 Defence Review was making the primary focus of the RN, this was fully geared towards the Cold War threat. This involved countering Soviet nuclear-powered submarines in the deep waters of the North Atlantic. As such, the Argentinian diesel-electric submarines and the underwater geography were substantially different to what the RN had been training for. This can be seen with the words of 820 NAS’s CO, who flew ASW Sea Kings: “Our job was anti-submarine warfare, but the aircraft we had was primarily operated against nuclear submarines and, of course, ASW against a conventional threat was rather different from that which we had been practising” (Wykes Sneyd cited in Parker 2003: 301) This demonstrates the Cold War focus upon the RN that they were solely focused on the Soviet nuclear submarine threat.
In order to counter this significant threat, the RN’s ASW efforts consisted of several interlinking systems. These included nuclear-powered fleet submarines, ASW frigates including the Type 22 and Leander class and helicopters designed for this task, which the majority of British warships carried, such as Lynx and Wasp. This further demonstrates the impact of the Cold War upon the RN with the majority of escorts deployed in the South Atlantic having a primary ASW capacity.
