One thing I have to point out right away is that since the sonobuoy contact may be passive and therefore bearing only, 1015 might be off-screen to the south and beyond the radar horizon.
For the same reason, buoy 1 might have 1015 as either contact 1013 or 1014
I also can't rule out from the screenshot that the FFG has 1015 as 1007 as a towed array, visual, ESM, or surface radar contact.
Assuming none of these contacts correspond to 1015, I would blame towed array and acoustics autocrew for being inconsistent, and I'd blame the size and aspect of the trawler for the radar not getting it.
For my money, based only on the screenshot, 1013, 1015, 1007, and link contact 0013 are the same contact (notice how the 1013 and 1015 bearing lines, as well as 0013's bearing from the helicopter, intersect at the solution 1007) and 1014 and 1016 are the same distant ship to the southeast (or are the FFG itself).
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Last edited by Molon Labe; 02-06-11 at 11:47 AM.
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