anti-submarine warfare

  1. uk 75

    Ikara in the Falklands

    It is well known that apart from HMS Bristol no RN ships equipped with Ikara deployed to the Falklands in 1982. I have two questions arising from this. Did the RN consider and reject sending Ikara Leanders south? Did Bristol use its Ikara against Argentine subs?
  2. Forest Green

    Optical-Acoustic Sonar for detection of Submarines from Airborne Assets

    View: https://twitter.com/SubBrief/status/1596857511415406592
  3. Grey Havoc

    Maritime Airborne Warning System (Franco-German project)

    https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2022/10/11/germany-awaits-frances-signal-on-new-sub-hunting-planes/
  4. uk 75

    HMS Hermes as Sea Control Ship

    The saga of HMS Hermes is well known. But it might have been different if the RN had followed the US example and kept her as an ASW carrier or interim Sea Control Ship. The US were introducing the S3 Viking on to their attack carriers but were keen to get as many to sea as possible. HMS Hermes...
  5. Hood

    Project Proteus Naval Helicopter UAV

    The Ministry of Defence has awarded a £60 million contract to Leonardo to design and develop a 3-tonne helicopter UAV demonstrator. One of trials will be to drop sonobouys from the UAV. First flight is due in 2025...
  6. F

    About the Harpoon Block 1D

    White there is information about the missile itself: https://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-84.html https://www.docdroid.com/WbANE9i/agm-84-harpoon-missile-block-1d-brochure-pdf#page=2 There are mentions that, one of the reason it wasn't produced, was that the missiles were too big for...
  7. uk 75

    A NATO frigate

    Wiki has quite a good summary of the abortive attempt in the 1980s to design a common escort ship for NATO navies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFR-90 The thread about the Kidds for the RN reminded me of this programme. It ought to have been possible to design a ship flexible enough to...
  8. uk 75

    HMS Cockade in Korean War

    A friend of mine has asked me to check out a rumour that HMS Cockade sank a suspected Soviet sub while serving with a US force in the Korean War. He thinks the papers are embargoed until at least 2050.
  9. helmutkohl

    Sikorsky CH-148 Thread

    Didn't really see a thread on this so here we go! I guess its not so popular because only Canada operates it.. but why they chose this instead of more Merlins is beyond me... 82% grounded due to cracks :eek...
  10. Grey Havoc

    NB57 / RD09 ASW/ASuW unmanned surface vehicle family (Turkey)

    https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2021/07/26/aselsan-teams-up-with-local-shipyard-for-two-new-naval-drones/
  11. uk 75

    A modern cruiser?

    Whenever I look at my little model of the USS Long Beach nuclear missile cruiser I find myself musing what a 21st Century version for Western navies could look like? Such a ship would replace the Ticonderoga class in the US Navy and perhaps provide Task Force escorts for the RN and MN instead...
  12. F

    Submarine Youtube Channel

    This guy (goes by the name "Jive Turkey" of all things) and does analysis of sonar acoustic recordings including ASW sonar pings. He also does analysis of various sub types. Acoustic analysis of sonar pulses ASW sonar pulses off Bahamas Borei sub analysis
  13. C

    Grumman / Shin Meiwa ASR-544-4

    Something different for today ... a collaborative project between Grumman and Shin Meiwa in Japan. Note wing engines can tilt up a few degrees (it's described on another page). Also, there is heavy reliance on active boundary layer control via twin turbines behind the rear pressure bulkhead...
  14. R

    Australian Hunter Class ASW Frigate

    ABC News: "Hunter class frigates will be built by BAE in Australia — but what can the warships do and why do we need them?" http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-29/hunter-frigate-build-bae-what-you-need-to-know/9923912
  15. flateric

    Fairchild NEPA Nuclear Powered ASW Aircraft (1950)

    http://www.osti.gov/scitech/biblio/969642-nuclear-powered-aircraft-antisubmarine-warfare
  16. Z

    Alternative RN from 1983

    1983, rather than 1982 is a key date for decisions for the RN and UK defence as a whole, in the light of the Falklands and it's effect not just on defence thinking but on the UK populace's attitude to their country. As surely as it was to the political establishment. But in terms of changes a...
  17. JFC Fuller

    Original French MASURCA ship program

    I am utterly confused about the original French plans for the deployment of this missile, the wiki page for the Suffren class destroyers states that six ships were originally planned and that this became two batches of three (the second tentative?) then just two ships when the money for the...
  18. H

    1937 Italian Submarine Hunter

    Anyone have any more information about dimensions and speed of this 1937 Italian sub hunter of 1300 tons with anti-submarine float plane? Love to know more about the floatplane. 3x1 120mm; 4x1 20mm; 2x2 torpedo tubes; 4 depth charge throwers, and sonar...
  19. Triton

    JMSDF CVH helicopter carrier

    From Ronnie Serrano on the "Project Terminated" page on Facebook: Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=876967599032670&set=gm.646696872124265&type=1&theater
  20. uk 75

    Rearming the UK: What equipment? and how much?

    The usual crew of retired military and political types are warning that the UK is not able to meet its defence requirements with the present budget and kit. Given the collective expertise on this board what advice would you give the Prime Minister who takes over in May after the election? I...
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