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To: george76

If our submarine radars can’t detect underwater mountains, how good can they be at detecting enemy subs?


34 posted on 07/12/2023 10:35:57 AM PDT by princeofdarkness
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To: princeofdarkness

LOL. Radar doesn’t work underwater.


35 posted on 07/12/2023 10:41:29 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: princeofdarkness
If our submarine radars can’t detect underwater mountains, how good can they be at detecting enemy subs?

As another poster pointed out, submarines do not use radar--at least not underwater that is. (They do use radar when surfaced to avoid traffic.)

But to your point about not detecting mountains, here's the thing: submarines use passive sonar to detect other submarines. If they used active sonar, they could be detected by the submarines they're hunting well before they'd get a return ping from their active sonar.

But by using passive sonar, it makes silent underwater mountains undetectable. Best to mind your nautical charts!

54 posted on 07/12/2023 3:10:41 PM PDT by OA5599
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