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Originally Posted by SeaQueen
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Originally Posted by Oberon
I would have thought SSN escorts don't work that close in to CVBGs, it's not worth running the risk of having them MISIDENT it as a hostile. Plus, further away from the CVBG the sonar picture is clearer.
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Actually, there is such a thing as underwater telephone. All they have to do is pick it up and say, "hey? is that you?" Subs aren't as out of touch with other warships as they are sometimes given credit for. |
There are lots of formal rules for ship/sub interaction - waterspace management is the term. If a sub is working with a surface group there may be no permission granted for air/surface units to use ASW weapons in the area. If it's an ASW free area and a friendly sub stumbles in, oh well, he shoulda paid more attention to waterspace management. And all sorts of situations in between. Submarine generated search areas, bullpens, stovepipes, joint action areas, and on and on.
No one involved in an action is just allowed to cowboy it up however he sees fit, mainly because direct communication between ships and subs is pretty much impossible in tactical situations.