The 400mph Sub Killer That Sucked

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When the Lockheed S-3 Viking first fired up its engines on carrier decks in the mid-1970s, something seemed very wrong. Instead of the thunderous roar expected from a military jet, this submarine hunter produced a sound more familiar from suburban living rooms – the distinctive whine of a vacuum cleaner.Crews immediately dubbed it the “Hoover,” and the nickname stuck. —

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