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CERTAIN SUBMARINE CONTACT [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
  • Sonar and Underwater Detection (Military)
  • Submarines (Naval Forces)
DEF

A contact that has been sighted and positively identified as a submarine.

OBS

Various parameters used to classify these contacts include surfaced and submerged submarines, submarine masts, antennas, periscopes or snorkels, missiles emerging from the sea, and torpedo or torpedo wakes sighted without a nearby surface vessel.

OBS

certain submarine contact; CERTSUB: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
  • Sonar et détection sous-marine (Militaire)
  • Sous-marins (Forces navales)
OBS

contact sous-marin confirmé; CERTSUB : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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