Hey, all!
FPSchazly here again with the next installment in my experiment series.
Today, I am here to tell you to never ever cavitate in Dangerous Waters (unless of course, you are evading a torpedo)! I have found that the Akula-III will track a 688(I) moving at flank speed to about 17 miles with the Pelamida towed array. If that same 688(I) is cavitating, however, that range increases to about 31! That is almost a doubling in maximum detection range and almost four times the increase in the 688(I)'s sound propagation circle, i.e., if the 688(I) was to be heard over 10 square nmi without cavitating, it will be heard over 40 square nmi with cavitating. Check out the video below by clicking on the picture for more on this increase in sound due to cavitating and an explanation of cavitation!
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