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Old 05-16-14, 05:52 AM   #13
banryu79
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Originally Posted by Shkval View Post
What is a lag LOS? Turning into a contact?
I've red it here in the TACMAN:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...?do=file&id=91

very useful knowledge


P.S.: I think that turning directly to a contanc put ownship in a "point" LOS (btw LOS means Line Of Sound). There are different types of LOS, the most important, if I understand correctly the stuff I red in TACMAN and other sources about manual TMA, are three:
- lead LOS
- overlead LOS
- lag LOS

So if you could switch form overlead to lag or from lag to overlead (changing course and/or speed) you can nail down both the minimum and maximum range...

In overlead and lag you have a situation in which your LOBs converge and cross in a point. If you are in a overlead LOS the crossing point is the maximum possible range of the contact, else if you are on a lag LOS the crossing point is the minimum possible range.
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