Unlearning Ineffective or Obsolete Technologies
William H. Starbuck · 2006
Abstract Starting in the mid-1970s, the Swedish defense forces pursued Soviet submarines lurking of the Swedish coast. Time and again, the Swedes mounted large-scale antisubmarine searches that included the dropping of grenades and depth charges and the detonating of remote-control mines. For example, in May and June 1988, there were nine live-fire engagements between the Anti-Submarine Warfare unit and suspected foreign submarines. The Swedish Defense Ministry reacted by giving commanders on the scene authority to decide when to open fire. On one occasion, ‘the prowler was detected and trapped in 282 feet of water. . . about 60 miles south of Stockholm ‘, said a Ministry spokesman.