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Originally Posted by PL_Harpoon
I'm far from being an expert here, but aircraft RWR can give an accurate bearing. I'm sure ECM systems on submarines is even more sophisticated.
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Originally Posted by Shadriss
Also, in reply to the comment about Signal Strength being an indicator of range, I know a few people who have been involved in collisions who would argue against that.
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I'm a former USAF ECM troop and can confirm the bit about accurate bearings from RWR and I'm sure the RX mode on a sub or sea based ESM mast uses the same method of operation. Bearing info is highly accurate, it has to be as the operator needs to inform the vehicle commander threat direction for evasion.
Using single strength for range info is very dicey. As a general rule the processors can estimate range, but even on our TSF display (tactical situation format, B-1 version of RWR) there's only three rings: close, mid, and far. But they really mean low, mid, and high signal strength as it's mainly for threat prioritization.
Does that make sense? I talk a of jargon