On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:16:40 GMT, Fred J. McCall
wrote:

wrote:

: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
over our own bouys. Never tried in the P-3.


Bill Kambic
Haras Lucero, Kingston, TN
Mangalarga Marchador: Uma Raça, Uma Paixão