Using Radar to Search for Submarines - Page 3

SeaQueen · 02-01-09, 11:38 AM

I've been playing with the P-3 lately. I created a scenario where I was the pouncer for 3 CVOAs located in the Philippine Sea, and I had to make sure a CVN didn't get sunk. Interestingly, my most effective search sensor wasn't the sonobuoys at all. I used them mostly for prosecution. It was the radar!

Up at 2000ft, the radar horizon is pretty long so I could search large portions of the ocean relatively quickly. When I saw a radar contact vanish from my screen, I knew it was a submarine submerging. I'd fly to the last location and just drop a torpedo on the MAD hit. I'd get 'em every time.

02-01-09, 11:38 AM	#1
SeaQueen Naval Royalty Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,185 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Using Radar to Search for Submarines I've been playing with the P-3 lately. I created a scenario where I was the pouncer for 3 CVOAs located in the Philippine Sea, and I had to make sure a CVN didn't get sunk. Interestingly, my most effective search sensor wasn't the sonobuoys at all. I used them mostly for prosecution. It was the radar! Up at 2000ft, the radar horizon is pretty long so I could search large portions of the ocean relatively quickly. When I saw a radar contact vanish from my screen, I knew it was a submarine submerging. I'd fly to the last location and just drop a torpedo on the MAD hit. I'd get 'em every time.