SA submarine outwits NATO

[sonar324]

During an ASW exercise the ships are at a disadvantage since they need to always have their echo sounder on plus they usually operate above their cavitation inception speed. Not to hard to track two shafts by five blades tearing all over the ocean.

 

[gf0012-aust]

During an ASW exercise the ships are at a disadvantage since they need to always have their echo sounder on plus they usually operate above their cavitation inception speed. Not to hard to track two shafts by five blades tearing all over the ocean.

I assume you're only talking about unassisted search? thats why fantails were born...

 

[AegisFC]

During an ASW exercise the ships are at a disadvantage since they need to always have their echo sounder on plus they usually operate above their cavitation inception speed. Not to hard to track two shafts by five blades tearing all over the ocean.

During exercises I've seen choked transit, open ocean and general littoral scenarios, in none of those were we made to activate sonar or go faster than we needed. The point of those scenarios is to train everyone involved and if you don't use real tactics under realistic conditions (as real as you can get), or set up unrealistic rules (having sonar active all the time or making more noise than normal) the training is for nothing.