Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Luftwolf
On the other hand, for the bubbleheads, one consequence of the way I am redoing the missile launch transients to give TIW's is that helos and aircraft will once again be detectable on submarine sonars, and most likely at ranges greater than the ability of the helo or aircraft to be able to detect you at PD (I have yet to work out the details of this aspect of it), so if you get spotted, that's because you didn't check your sonar, or got "overflown by a low-flying multi-engined turboprop."
|
My suggestion on that would be :
- Hovering Helos (out to 100ft altitude) are detectable out to say 2nm on normal and/or 3nm on good conditions on sonar (TA).
- All moving Aircraft above 100kts and at a max of 400ft altitude are detectable at a max of 500yds [normal conditions] and/or 1nm [good conditions: seastate 1, no rain ...] on sonar (TA).
If possible the detection should be dependant upon the depth of the submarine, but if thats not possible then I would say the numbers work out ok either way.
I would like to hear the opinion from our actual sonar guys (as far as classification allows) on this.