SSK Hunting

SandyCaesar · 08-02-08, 01:38 PM

So there I was in my FFG-7, TA extended, all-ahead-1/3. My mission is the impossible: Kilo hunting. Kind of like bear hunting with an iPod in your ear and two-way mirrored glasses on your eyes, wearing a reflective vest.

Yeah, there's always the helo, but can't the FFG localize it on its own?

Or, same thing with an Orion. No disrespect to Molon Labe and the rest of the aerial warriors, but seriously: how the hell are you supposed to pick up a black hole in the water with DIFARs and VLADs? Unless you can put an active buoy right on top of him, I've just experienced lots and lots of frustration. Case in point: testing out my VLADs, I used the Truth picture to drop a VLAD right on top of a creeping (3 knots) 636-Kilo, deep water, no layer. And absolutely nothing shows up on the screen. (Needless to say: DW 1-04, LwAmi 3-08, etc.)

Could anyone please give me some hints on hunting the bastards? And while we're at it, would someone explain how to use the frigate's towed array? Maybe it means something for you DW vets, but I just see a bunch of orange blobs and numbers that might as well be Martian for all I understand.

08-02-08, 01:38 PM	#1
SandyCaesar Chief Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: HMS Thanatus Posts: 325 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	SSK Hunting So there I was in my FFG-7, TA extended, all-ahead-1/3. My mission is the impossible: Kilo hunting. Kind of like bear hunting with an iPod in your ear and two-way mirrored glasses on your eyes, wearing a reflective vest. Yeah, there's always the helo, but can't the FFG localize it on its own? Or, same thing with an Orion. No disrespect to Molon Labe and the rest of the aerial warriors, but seriously: how the hell are you supposed to pick up a black hole in the water with DIFARs and VLADs? Unless you can put an active buoy right on top of him, I've just experienced lots and lots of frustration. Case in point: testing out my VLADs, I used the Truth picture to drop a VLAD right on top of a creeping (3 knots) 636-Kilo, deep water, no layer. And absolutely nothing shows up on the screen. (Needless to say: DW 1-04, LwAmi 3-08, etc.) Could anyone please give me some hints on hunting the bastards? And while we're at it, would someone explain how to use the frigate's towed array? Maybe it means something for you DW vets, but I just see a bunch of orange blobs and numbers that might as well be Martian for all I understand.