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Originally Posted by Stewy1
Thanks for the tips, guys. Just as an addon question - how do you guys track boomers for long periods?
I "intercepted" a Typhoon as it was transiting north at 3-4 knots - but every time I manoeuvred to get behind it/use all of the sonar arrays, it slowly got away from me - managed to track it for about 2 hours, but then lost contact...
Are Typhoons "deaf" to their sterns? Could I have sped up to catch it, then slowed again? I'm always worried about copping a Shkval - being detected means being dead with those things!
Cheers
Stew
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Typhoons have towed arrays, so there is no baffle to hide behind. There is also no real reason to worry about Shkvals. I have never seen the AI fire one. These seem to be more of a human player tool/threat than anything. As far as losing the Typhoon, was there a thermal layer near the current depth of your track? If so, that is probably where you lost him. If your towed array is deployed too far out, it will dip below a thermal layer when you move at very slow speeds. Likewise, if the Typhoon transitioned the layer and you have all sensors on one side of the layer, you will eventually lose him or only maintain intermittent contact.