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Originally Posted by SteamWake
A little off topic but this is what always bothered me about the movie Hunt for Red October.
Here the russians spent millions of dollars and thousands of man hours on a super secret 'stealth' propulsion system "undectectable" yet a seaman figures out how to track it within a few hours using the gear they already had on the boat.  |
yeah, you just got to roll with those sorts of blows in Clancy books.
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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
I think I'd be bothered if I was on a Boomer and suspected a Hunter Killer was nearby listening out for me  |
this is not the problem. The cloaking device will not affect passive sonar at all. It will curve active sonar around the hull.
So it will have a bigger effect on active sonar homing torpedoes and helos trying to finish off the sub long after initial detection, and also giving the submarine a much better chance to get away.
This because most vessels rely on passive for inital detection, although i remember reading that due to the increased quitness of modern submarines, general use of active is increasing.