To: gandalftb
Our subs will have no trouble finding the black box if it is pinging and put a GPS tag on it. Recovery will take longer with a deep-diving sub but almost certainly we will recover the important parts of the plane. What about the French subs? Why do we have to do it?
18 posted on
06/06/2009 6:20:03 PM PDT by
Mr Ramsbotham
("Baldrick, to you the Renaissance was just something that happened to other people, wasn't it?")
To: Mr Ramsbotham
What about the French subs? Why do we have to do it?Because if you want it done right, you have to do it yourself.
19 posted on
06/06/2009 6:23:35 PM PDT by
Plexi
To: Mr Ramsbotham
“What about the French subs? Why do we have to do it? “
You know the answer. Because no one else can get it done.
To: Mr Ramsbotham
French subs are fewer and farther between and can't dive anywhere near as deep.
Our hydrophones are much more sensitive. At 500 foot depth, we can tell how hard it is raining on the surface by the "loudness" of the raindrops hitting the water, that we can distinguish from the sound of the waves and wind. Very crispy.
A sonic beacon transponder transmitting at a known frequency, no problem from at least 50 miles. Two or three subs and you are triangulated very quickly. If the black boxes are pinging we're on them already.
33 posted on
06/06/2009 7:06:09 PM PDT by
gandalftb
(An appeaser feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last......)
To: Mr Ramsbotham
What about the French subs? Why do we have to do it?Don't tempt them to surrender to the waves, traveling on the surface is challenging enough.
35 posted on
06/06/2009 7:21:55 PM PDT by
Cvengr
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