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Also, a lot of relatively lightweight NATO warships carry an helicopter or two. Some, like the Seahawk, are amongst the russian sub commander worst nightmares.
Also the smallest NATO subs are those, who strike most fear in both NATO and Russian capital ship and submarine commanders.
Knowing that a German (or a Swedish) submarine is somewhere out there, but you are not knowing where, is really bad for your PR after a NATO manoeuvre. Somebody nasty will make photographs through his periscope that prove that your Nimitz carrier had been in perfect attack range while your escorts did not even notice the intruder.
They might not be as large as a nuclear submarine and not carrying as many weapons as a nuclear submarine - but such modern conventional submarines (including the Russian Kilo, which is why German submarines are so popular as OPFOR) are literally like a cloud of silence in the ocean.
Sadly the German 212 class does still not carry IRIS-T missiles in its torpedo tubes. Otherwise, they would also be causing nightmares for helicopter crews. :lol: