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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Submarine passage



Hi, Jay - thanks for the input.  Our territoriality has surfaced again (pardon the pun) with that kafuffle with Denmark over that piece of rock up north.
 
Somehow I doubt that Rickover had this in mind when he pushed for nukes.
 
I'm sure that's the reason Britain sold us crappy subs - if Canada ever confronted the US with a working sub, Britain would have to choose sides.  There's certain irony in there somewhere.  Al Qaeda would claim success at turning us against each other, no doubt.  Maybe they'd bomb some Australian facility to drag them into it.  The Queen would insist the "children" stop fighting and get down to serious business like supporting Bush in his times of need (like remedial thinking classes).
 
Your byline mentions the Bahamas.  Are you subbing down there?
 
Rick L
Vancouver
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 6:38 AM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Submarine passage

Actually one of the bones of contentions between the US and Canada is passage, especially in the far north.  Canada defines this area as other than an archipelago which by law has the ?right of innocent passage? but doesn?t really meet the international definition.  The US sends ships and subs through there are every several years without formal permission to keep the issue contested.  Canada?s effort to purchase a number of subs in the early Nineties was driven by this issue.  The US requests permission prior to entry into Canadian waters for transits to Nanoose Bay to use the sound range there and probably travels on the surface there due to the great opportunity for collisions.  The sonar gear in Juan de Fuca Straights was placed there after Soviet incursions at the Bangor Sub Base.

 

You will require permission to travel submerged or you will be the focus of an international incident.

R/Jay

Bahamas

 


From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of Rick and Marcia
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 8:41 PM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] cockpit control pics

 

Hey, that rings a bell.  Somewhere in the archives is a very similar thread.

 

I believe we have reciprocity with the US.  They come up to Nanoose Bay to fire torpedoes, etc.  We let'em.  ;-)

 

Actually, they do use our deep water inlets for practise.  i wonder if I need someone's permission . . . ah, idle thoughts.

 

Rick

Vancouver