Hydraxon & Kucher
I was thinking how the silent, unexpected raids of Viking longships might have set a precedent for the kind of covert underwater ops we do today.
Vikings used the sea as a fast-moving front, not a quiet one. Their raids were about speed and shock, not stealth. Modern ops have sonar and silent engines, a different technology. So while the idea of striking unseen has roots, the methods are worlds apart.
Exactly, the Viking tactics were about surprise in open water, ours rely on silence in darkness—different tools for the same end.
It’s true that both aim for the element of surprise, but the Viking “shock” was all about bold, rapid strikes, not the quiet, patient waiting we do under cover of darkness. Different eras, different means.