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Originally Posted by Deathblow
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Originally Posted by SubSerpent
I see what your saying. You think that it would naturally be heavy since you are comparing it to all the sensors in the standard towed array that weigh that array down.
All this "floating" array would require is a "special" buoy connected to the end of the floating radio wire. This bouy would have sensors built into it with a 360 degree scope with passive sonar capabilities. This could be wired and transmit the data into the submarines sonar suite (just like the stanard towed array does) and allow the sonar operator to see what is above a thermal layer without the sub having to surface above that layer. Rememeber, it would be better to have a thin line(cable) with a small buoy connected to it at the top(similar to a helium inflated balloon) than an entire submarine risk being detected by passing that layer. The smaller and quieter an object is the harder it is for it to be heard underwater.
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Your basically describing a UUV. |
Not really. The UUV is more like a torp that goes out and snuffs out the enemy down the road and reports back to the platform sub that hosts it what is beyond.
I am talking about the 'RADIO WIRE' and connecting a special buoy to it that can be reeled out like the 'RADIO WIRE' that floats towards the surface but to be used to just cross over or past the thermal layer threshold that the platform or host sub is below to be able to hear what is above. I know this can be done with the UUV but the UUV can not be reeled back in like the 'RADIO WIRE' or towed array wire. Using a UUV's would be costly since they can only be used once and dangerous since they do emit some noise as they travel through the water. A floating wire with a balloon shaped buoy that has a passive sonar sphere within it would be completely quiet and could be reeled back in for multiple uses making it more cost efficient and a lot more safe to use.