Are they phasing out the S-3 too?

In article ,
Jim Carriere wrote:


I can understand why someone steeped in active sonar tactics might be
skeptical of passive capability. But that skepticism should be a
challenge to reconsider. The physics is pretty basic and has not
changed, no matter what the personal experience.

Heh... you really do learn something new every day... thanks.

BTW I've never flown anything with a dipping sonar, just eyeball,
radar, buoys, and MAD only (roughly in that order). And there's a
strange appeal to a "passive attack" (that's a funny phrase).


Passive detection offers the satisfaction of knowing you have an
excellent chance of detecting him without him knowing it and documenting
your own classified info at the same time. It seems more academically
rewarding.


I've said it before, I believe a .50 caliber machine gun on a helo is
a better ASW weapon than any air dropped torpedo.

And certainly a lot more fun for the crewmen!


Most of the time
you find a sub it will be on or near the surface taking a look.


This is true in the mid and outer zones, but with inner zone carrier
ASW...that guy ain't going be showing his face much and we no longer
care about stealth. It becomes a question of who can get in position to
launch first, because he's not going to avoid 2-3 60F's going hammer. Of
course, we pretty much figured the enemy would come in numbers...so it
would really matter if we sunk 4 out of 5 or 7 out of nine. It just
takes one.



The
gun will make his life difficult because you will definitely hit him
with enough of the bullets. A perfect torpedo shot is pretty rare,
and even then it still might miss.


B57 away!



--Mike