How many kills would a Kilo be expected to make?

Kurushio · Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 14

...before it'd be destroyed? I'm not talking about the Russian's Kilo. The ones in Iranian and Chinese hands. And the theoretical opponent is the US Navy, obviously. So....how many? 1 kill for 1 Kilo or would the Kilo be expected to take out a whole flotilla before giving the game up?

Bill Nichols · Joined: 14 Mar 2001 Posts: 2657

I'll give the Kilo one attack, then all h*** will break out.

Kurushio · Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 14

Thanks for the quick reply Bill. So would that be considered a success or failure for the Kilo...cost effective wise? At what point would a Kilo be considered a "good investment"? If it took out a FFG then got destroyed...is that good for the Kilo?

Oberon · Joined: 07 Jul 2002 Posts: 1796 Location: Suffolk, UK

Depends on the scenario, a clever captain could position his boat in a way to avoid detection and then fire a slow running torpedo and clear the datum at best speed. It's harder to do in a diesel than in a nuc I'd say but probably still possible.
However, if this is in open water, then the Kilo's dead anyway, they're primarily coastal boats, they can hide in the shallows, come out...fire...then hide again, the sonar condictions in the shallows are a little bit tougher than open water I think, so it'd be slightly easier to hide, plus you could use natural landmarks like coves and inlets, places where a nuclear boat can't go.

TLAM Strike · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:19 am Post subject:

Depends on whose commanding it. If I’m commanding trust me there going to be blood!
TLAM Strike: Mercenary Submarine Captain

But seriously a Kilo cost what 47,000,000 USD? While a FFG-7 costs only 16,000,000 USD. So nailing one FFG would not “pay for” the Kilo.

compressioncut · Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 238 Location: Canada

Iran's Kilos aren't really expected to kill anything. Just the fact that they were out, or rumored to be out, in a threatening posture would seal the Strait of Hormuz and strangle a huge amount of oil traffic out of the Persian/Arabian Gulf. That's their job.

Chinese Kilos would probably do something similar to the Malacca Strait, Spratly Islands, etc.

GunnersMate · Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 225 Location: Boston, MA

If the Iranians can get their Kilo's out of port that is a positive for them! Joking

Bill Nichols · Joined: 14 Mar 2001 Posts: 2657

TLAM Strike · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:07 pm Post subject:

Is it just me or is there a big ass dent just under her forward planes?

JSLTIGER · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:13 pm Post subject:

And here I was about to say that she looked like she was in pretty decent shape...looks like its just some rust though...maybe they've fallen into a little disrepair.

Iranian XO to CO:
"Captain, we're at 15 meters, passing crush depth!"

Henson · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 35

The Iranians?

Zero.

We know when their XO farts in his sleep.

Yskonyn · Joined: 18 Mar 2005 Posts: 43 Location: Netherlands

Lol!

But nice that the thread started off with the assumption that the Kilo would be killed no matter what. Smile

:know:

SeaQueen · Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 358 Location: Washington, DC

Camie Jarlson · Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 6 Location: In the ASTAC station

These Kilos are the only thing in Iran's arsenal that make me sweat. But I don't think they're nothing the USN couldn't handle. Ping

SeaQueen · Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 358 Location: Washington, DC