At a time when we welcome game mods which reduce the range of some game sonar systems, perhaps we should
pause to reflect upon recent UK official public announcements:
Royal Navy:
Quote:
''Also included as part of the programme, is the introduction of the fully integrated Sonar 2076 composed
of a bow, flank and towed array sensor. Captain Hughes added “Its performance is greatly enhanced over that
of current equipment fitted to attack boats. A good analogy for the performance of Sonar 2076 is that if
the submarine was in Winchester it would be able to track a double decker bus going round Trafalgar Square.
HMS Torbay has now been fitted with this new sonar developed by Thales Underwater Systems Limited which
contains 13,000 sensitive hydrophones and has the equivalent processing power as 60,000 PCs.
HMS Trenchant is the next submarine to complete the update.She is due to be ready for operations later this year.''
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http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/4783.html
Now Winchester to central London is 60 miles or 52 nm
OK your thinking like me - Spin !
But actualy this may be
a bit of usual UK 'reserve' - look at this:-
Ministry of Defence.
Quote:
''Sonar 2076 is one of the most advanced sonar devices in the world. It has the power equivalent to several
hundred home PCs and can track the movement of small objects from hundreds of miles away. As well as the
reactor core and sonar suite, workers at Devonport will be making other modifications to HMS Triumph to
improve her combat systems and make her less easy to detect.''
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http://news.mod.uk/news/press/news_h...wsItem_id=3674
Note - ''Hundred.....s '' !
If this is the new sonar reality, I wonder whether we shall need to revisit this question of range again when the
full implications of the SAS SSP 1.03 changes become clearer ? :hmm: