In terms of mission function, it would seem that a P3 laying bouys at a 500 yard spacing would be rather useless.
At that spacing, it would take 4 bouys to cover 1 mile.
So I dump 2 lines of bouys on a 3 mile stretch, that's 24 bouys.
With a typical loadout there's not much left.
If a P3 is screening ahead of a TF, that's not much real estate...
And if the Akula at 12 knots is that quiet, what about a KILO at 3?
Or a SW at 4knts?
Is this the intended result of the LWAMI mods, to make the range of a sonobouy less than 500 yards for a sub at 12 knots? Keep in mind, the bouys were at all different layers, deep and shallow. None got a contact before 700 yards, and that was only the VLAD for a brief moment without anything to actually get a bearing on.
Since a bouy dropped from even 250 feet at 154 knots is gonna drift some, it's rather difficult to place a bouy within a 500 yard accuracy, which is what would be needed here. If the ctc is more than 500 yards from the bouy it won't even turn hot; with the size of most maps, that rather limits the usefulness of a P3.
I'm certainly not questioning the work you guys have done, it's great. I just want to make sure I understand the ranges involved.
Just curious if I'm seeing this correctly, thanks for the help guys.
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