Why not use remote torpedo’s on the bottom. They could sit idle until called upon, they could be fired by acoustics, all tracking is passive- no transmitted signals, they have actual range and reach as opposed to local contact
Aye, I think people are still imagining sea mines as the old big-ball-with-spikes-anchored-by-a-chain, and haven’t ever looked at how sophisticated minesweeper ships are. Modern mines can determine target ships by electromagnetic profiles, and minesweepers are able to alter their own signature in some pretty wild ways to slip by or get around the mines.
That doesn’t mean there aren’t spiky balls out there in the water, but that’s not the only tool in the kit.
Why not use remote torpedo’s on the bottom. They could sit idle until called upon, they could be fired by acoustics, all tracking is passive- no transmitted signals, they have actual range and reach as opposed to local contact
This is not a new idea for littoral defense
Aye, I think people are still imagining sea mines as the old big-ball-with-spikes-anchored-by-a-chain, and haven’t ever looked at how sophisticated minesweeper ships are. Modern mines can determine target ships by electromagnetic profiles, and minesweepers are able to alter their own signature in some pretty wild ways to slip by or get around the mines.
That doesn’t mean there aren’t spiky balls out there in the water, but that’s not the only tool in the kit.