Re:Detection? (Score 1)

As far as email allowing subs to be detected, I really don't think that subs in hostile waters would get dropped a bouy from a plane so that soldiers can answer they're personal email.

"Hey, captain, do you mind if we break radio silence for a minute? The Backstreet boys concert is beings streamed live from Z100!!!

During the Cold War one of the greatest military advancements in the United States was in submarine technology. We outclassed our Soviet Competitors for years and have an incredible preemptive strike system in place around the world targeted at our enemies from the seas. (if you're interesting in learning more about the US-Soviet sub game during the cold war, read Blind Man's Bluff)

The real military security holes nowadays are not with expanding communications abilities (I mean, hey, if a soldier is underwater for months at a time, he has every right to naked pictures of Pamela, Carmen Electra, gerbils, or whatever he's into), but with antiquated security systems on the mainland (Los Alamos, chinese spies, my cousin Harry who has posters of bomb desings taken from work, the widespread government use of Windows 98).

Kryptonik