Some crazy thoughts

smrtwhkd · 12-16-05, 09:32 PM

As many of you know, one of the biggest problems with dodging a torp in a sub is when the sub goes flank it also loses the sight of the torp on the sonar screen. Has anyone thought about loading some sonobuoys onto the sub and connecting them with the mother sub with datalink (just like between air plaforms and their sonobuoys). When the sub starts going too fast to track the incoming torp, the buoys can track them and pass info back to the sub. So, the sub can travel at flank while accurately tracking torp at the same time.

12-16-05, 09:32 PM	#1
smrtwhkd Watch Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 28 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Some crazy thoughts As many of you know, one of the biggest problems with dodging a torp in a sub is when the sub goes flank it also loses the sight of the torp on the sonar screen. Has anyone thought about loading some sonobuoys onto the sub and connecting them with the mother sub with datalink (just like between air plaforms and their sonobuoys). When the sub starts going too fast to track the incoming torp, the buoys can track them and pass info back to the sub. So, the sub can travel at flank while accurately tracking torp at the same time.