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Old June 17th 06, 06:41 AM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
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:On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:16:40 GMT, Fred J. McCall
wrote:
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::Something I've often seen claimed (and seen depicted in Hollyweird
::epics) but never confirmed by someone in a postion to know, was
::whether or not a really noisy aircraft (like a P-3 or a HS-3) could
::actually be detected by a sub's passive arrays. I've always had my
::doubts (that air/water interface is tough to penetrate) but I really
::don't know. I guess I really don't want to know (given that I've just
::gotten my first Reserve retirement check :-) ).
::
::Still, if accoustic detection by the sub of an aircraft is practical,
::then a system to attack the aircraft becomes a viable option. If the
::first time you know an aircraft is around is when you hear an
::air-launched homing topedo "light off" then there's no sense in
::wasting the space and other assets to support such a system.
::
::I spent my time in VS-27, VS-30, VS-73, VP-93 and FASOTRAGRULANT.
:
:Hint: Ask your AW if he can ever see airplanes on a sonobuoy. If the
:answer is yes, consider that the submarine has a lot more hydrophones
:than the buoy does.
:
:Tough to do since I've not seen an AW in about 25 years! :-)
:
:Still, I never saw a trace of a Stoof, nor did I ever hear us passing
ver our own bouys. Never tried in the P-3.

You can see 'em on the analyzer as they go by the buoy. The range
isn't real great, but then the range of a SAM you can shoot out of a
conning tower isn't exactly long, either.

Jets don't show up the same as helos and prop jobs do.

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