Sub-mounted HF Active Sonar

[Capt Jack Harkness]

Originally Posted by C-Wolf

I spent an interesting week of "familiarization training" sitting in the sonar shack of a frigate, and could immediately tell none of the sonarmen had a clue as to how to interpret passive information, including determining their own screw-blade signature. I ended up giving them an impromptu LOFAR gram-reading lesson they thought was black magic, or PFM in submarine parlance. It was more than embarrassing, it was frightening. We routinely entered the detection zones of battle groups during exercises with impunity and popped flares onto the carrier's flight decks. I would feel safer aboard an old, Q-5-equipped Permit boat than any skimmer yet built.

Well that's certainly not simulated in-game!