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From: "Don Burke" <donburke56@ne*.ne*>
To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: Re: efficiency of sport diving rebreathers' absorbent canisters; etc
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 22:14:07 -0500


----- Original Message -----
From: <anthony.appleyard@um*.ac*.uk*>
To
> A few times that sort of thing may be necessary, when sport divers
> get into a naval or shipping area and need to be got out; or in war
> time underwater fights may happen between opposing sides'
> frogmen.
>
> One indicator that has happened in the past and has caused
> security scares, that underwater security in a naval base had got
> slack, has been a sport diver, with no combat training and a noisy
> bubbly aqualung, signing his name on the underside of a warship
> and getting away afterwards.

A well placed concussion grenade is the best solution to attack swimmers.

If you're worried about a swimmer sneaking up on a ship,  going active on an
ASW SONAR from time to time puts the challenge back into pranks.

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