Can ADT be seen on subs ESM?

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Originally Posted by drEaPer

Hey

was just wondering if it makes sense to turn off the SDT radar but keep the ADT going to be able to defend vs. sudden missile attacks or if just tells the enemy sub where you are.

I was thinking that the azimut of the ADT radar waves is too high to be picked up by the subs ESM mast.

cheers

1) I'm pretty sure that the current model does not really model that.
2) If the ADT radar scans only on elevations high enough the sub's ESM can't pick up anything, it'd be so high it won't be able to pick up low flying antiship missiles or even longer range contacts at moderate altitudes.

[LoBlo]

Yeah, iirc, I think that the SDT is the radar system that will actually pick up ASCMs not the ADT. Whether or not its detectable would be an interesting experiment. It would either take a multiplayer test between to people or someone to setup a practice scenario with a AI sub to launch whenever it detects a ESM signal from the FFG.