Sea Lanes

[helbent4]

Originally Posted by Mohoender

Indeed, it is possible. However, I would tend to think that they would sell them Kilo-class submarine instead. IRL they were exported to Algeria (4), China (12), India (10), Iran (3), Poland (1) and Romania (1). In T2K none will be exported to China or Iran and export to India might be reduced by 4 units.

Most of the remaining Whiskey were training stations while many others had been modified to some extend.

Mo,

After an exhausting three minutes of research, I am unable to determine what happened to the Whiskey subs in Russia. For the sake of argument I'll agree with you, but that doesn't invalidate my point. For example, even if the Soviets sold Poland the superior Kilo class sub the Poles could have still kept one of their Whiskeys for training purposes (or simply been given another one by the Soviets). By 2000 all other operational subs are gone, and all that remains is a single Whiskey sub formerly used for training.

Tony

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by helbent4

Mo,

After an exhausting three minutes of research, I am unable to determine what happened to the Whiskey subs in Russia. For the sake of argument I'll agree with you, but that doesn't invalidate my point. For example, even if the Soviets sold Poland the superior Kilo class sub the Poles could have still kept one of their Whiskeys for training purposes (or simply been given another one by the Soviets). By 2000 all other operational subs are gone, and all that remains is a single Whiskey sub formerly used for training.

Tony

Absolutely true. I actually didn't think about invalidating it. Here is something to help you out for another three minutes:

http://russian-ships.info/eng/warships/

[helbent4]

Originally Posted by Mohoender

Absolutely true. I actually didn't think about invalidating it. Here is something to help you out for another three minutes:

http://russian-ships.info/eng/warships/

Mo,

Wow, thanks! That's a pretty comprehensive list.

I mean, hey, we all understand the Whiskey is listed in the "Baltic Coast" because the authors had no idea what was going to happen in the future and could only work on the information they had. But it's fun to rationalise the sometimes more far-fetched elements of canon.

Tony

[Legbreaker]

Absolutely agree. It's possible that the Whiskey in question was Soviet in origin, but beached and abandoned by it's crew because of battle damage. The enterprising Poles then salvaged it and have slowly carried out repair as resource came available.
But, with only 230 Naval personnel in Gdynia, and most of the vessels little more than rusting hulks, it's bound to be VERY slow going on repairs (also likely to be well down the list or priorities).