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Armistead · 08-24-10, 05:49 PM

Still not making sense to me.

Grey, help me out.

Say I am heading east and I get a sonar contact dead bearing zero, about 9NM's away heading SE away, speed 11kts.

It's obvious I have to surface, speed up and do a long end around and put the target in position for your method to have any merit. Even in your video it seems the target is in the right position. That may happen so often, but rare.

Again, if I have to do all the work to put myself in postion, by then I have all the basic info I need and no need spending all the time required by 8010, when they're much easier methods.

It's possibly a good place to start for a sonar attack in a storm once you are in position.

08-24-10, 05:49 PM	#60
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Still not making sense to me. Grey, help me out. Say I am heading east and I get a sonar contact dead bearing zero, about 9NM's away heading SE away, speed 11kts. It's obvious I have to surface, speed up and do a long end around and put the target in position for your method to have any merit. Even in your video it seems the target is in the right position. That may happen so often, but rare. Again, if I have to do all the work to put myself in postion, by then I have all the basic info I need and no need spending all the time required by 8010, when they're much easier methods. It's possibly a good place to start for a sonar attack in a storm once you are in position.