The closing discussion returns to whales attacked during the Falklands War and the difficulty of identifying possible submarines. An uncertain contact could still draw explosives because overlooking a submarine threatened ships that could not readily be replaced. The panel connects that wartime willingness to attack doubtful contacts with the distinction between positive results in exercises and genuine submarine detections. Attacking a contact did not establish that it had been a submarine.
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Uncertain submarine contacts in the Falklands War
A Falklands War follow-up explains why doubtful underwater contacts could draw attacks when protecting scarce aircraft carriers.