home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: sci.military
- Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!psinntp!psinntp!ncrlnk!ciss!law7!military
- From: "Sean J. Roc D'Arcy" <bphdarcy@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu>
- Subject: Re: Discussion Of Shallow Water ASW
- Message-ID: <BxvFr5.995@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: University at Buffalo
- References: <BxKAzI.FH0@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> <Bxo11r.5vL@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:40:17 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
- Lines: 63
-
-
- From "Sean J. Roc D'Arcy" <bphdarcy@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu>
-
- In article <Bxo11r.5vL@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>, ppl@athena.mit.edu (Paul Podvig) writes...
-
- >>deteriorate sonar perfomance. A lot of this depends on the sea floor and
- >>the local conditions of the water. I have seen a few submarine books t
- >
- >It depends also on local wind conditions, for it is the main source of noise.
-
- Its is? I know it plays a factor, but does it become that influenctial in
- shallow water. Are you also reffering to the noise produced by the
- interaction of the wind and the water surface? Actually is there a way to
- calcualate this out?
-
- >
- >The performance is not nill of course, but detection range becomes something
- >like 100 meters. When Russian and U.S. subs collide in Barentz Sea in
- >February(?) they didn't hear each other until the collision.
-
- A very good point. If I remember corretly the other boat was a Sierra
- class. If so, I gives a lot of points to the class for quietness.
-
- >
- >My understanding is that there are no convergence zones in shallow water.
- >Long towed array is useful when you can deploy it. Given that length of
- >the thing is up to 2 miles, I doubt if you can operate it in shallow water
- >(though surface ships probably could deploy it with little difficulty).
-
-
- I assume when you say two miles you are referring to the ones on surface
- vessels. I don't think there is room for two miles of towed array on a
- submarine. I would think that also even shorter multiple arrays would be
- helpful for passive work.
-
- >>Some forms of active sonar do very well in shallow water (medium freq. hull
- >>mount I think). Again a lot would depend on the geography. It is probably
- >>a lot easier to find a submarine in the perisan gulf than off the coast of
- >>Norway.
- >
- >Agree. Though you are still going to have a lot of problems with reflections
- >from the bottom and the surface. And again, if you are on submarine, you
- >wouldn't like to use your active sonar--you will be detected first.
-
- True. Reflections will exist but can be minimized via various methods of
- sonar. And agreed that in shallow ASW any sub using active sonar will only
- alert the enemy. I think the best ASW work in shallow water can be done by
- aircraft.
-
- >
- >I am not saying that it is impossible to find diesel boat in shallow water.
- >What I am saying it is more difficult than to find a nuclear one and that
- ><nuclear> attack submarine is of little, if any, help.
-
- I would agree that in the short run it would be just as hard or harder to
- find a DE (I'm not so sure plant noise is all that much of a factor in
- shallow waters), but the DE will have to get out much sooner so that
- eventually it can come to the surface and recharge. Conversely, if a
- nuclear sub found an excellent hinding place it could remain there until
- the human substinance materials had run out.
-
- SJRD
-
-