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Originally Posted by NFunky
This would effectively reduce detection range to something like 6 nm or whatever the minimum shadow range is.
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That's a bit too strong of a statement, unless you are absolutely sure the target will not
change depth--which really, is expecting deliberate blindness on your target's part, since the shadow zone works both ways and the opponent (or mission designer) knows it. Something to keep in mind is that when you are sitting above the layer, you're in a surface duct in both the SD and CZ SSP types; but when you're below in a SD SSP your sound is curving down and detection range is quite short.
EDIT: Sorry, wrote that in a hurry. You did address target depth changes, which means you've got the right idea. The caveat is that it's impossible to time your depth change perfectly, which means after a target depth change there will be several seconds of same-layer-side detection risk, but by controlling your speed you might still come close.