High-Altitude Torpedo Launch

Gordon wrote:


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That brings up an interesting question; how effective is an ASW
aircraft's
MAD gear when the aircraft is at 20,000 feet?

Oh, you might detect a Typhoon, but not much else! Actually, as you
undoubtedly know, MAD slant range is far less than a mile so these
launches would have to be basically wishful thinking, or against a
visually sighted target such as a sinker or a shallow runner. I can't
think of any other situation that would allow an attack, unless the
attacking aircraft watched a submarine launch a weapon.

v/r
Gordon

Would systems like Blue-Green Laser Radars or Hyperspectral sensors

http://www.answers.com/topic/littora...-hyperspectral

be more useful than MAD in situations like this?

Oh, you might detect a Typhoon, but not much else! Actually, as you
undoubtedly know, MAD slant range is far less than a mile so these
launches would have to be basically wishful thinking, or against a
visually sighted target such as a sinker or a shallow runner. I can't
think of any other situation that would allow an attack, unless the
attacking aircraft watched a submarine launch a weapon.

v/r
Gordon

Would systems like Blue-Green Laser Radars or Hyperspectral sensors

http://www.answers.com/topic/littora...-hyperspectral

be more useful than MAD in situations like this?

Dunno - the Navy slicked the rest of my brain when I got out.

blank stare

G