Comment Re:Submarines are the undisputed... (Score 1) 439
1. The natural counter to a submarine is cheap mass produced surface vessels specifically tasked with anti-sub duty. There's be scarcely few, 1 in fact, kills where an underwater submarine killed another underwater submarine. The predominate number of submarine on submarine kills during WW2 were surface to surface or underwater to surface in which the target killed was on the surface making it's sole difference from any other surface vessels its low profile.
2. The B-52 mission the US flew to Iraq requires two mid-air refuelings which meant it required a friendly base for the air-tanker to launch from where the B-52 could have launched from in the first place.