[Bellman]

SQ. Thanks.
To me as a layman, then the sonar operation you describe could be compared to shining a light
upwards/downwards and to the sides. Focusing the beam of attention (so to speak)
both for passive and active functionality.

So if you were in a heavy traffic situation and making a turn to starboard for instance into a baffled area
the sonar operator would focus the beam tp its maximum starboard extent ? Resulting in a withdrawal
of the beam from its existing port limits ?

In order then to make up for this loss the port conformal array/s(or some of them) may be turned to the prow ?
And of course to assist the starboard looking SA the starboard conformal could be 'focused' to
a proportional and ballancing prow extent ?

If this is the case then I take my hat off to those guys and it stirs up a lot of other questions on the limits
of baffles and the tactical implications. The baffled areas would appear then to become constantly variable .
I need to sleep on this. :hmm: