tcm navies
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TCM BY SHIPS/SUBMARINES OF WORLD NAVIES
INTRODUCTION
• TORPEDO OLDEST WEAPON AGAINST SHIPS /SM
• NEWER DESIGNS • NEW CHALLENGES
TORPEDOES
• MANY POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATIONS• TYPE OF PROPULSION• LAUNCH PLATFORM• HWT , LWT, ACTIVE/PASSIVE , WAKE HOMERS,
STRAIGHT RUNNERS
THREAT CHARECTERSTICS
• ACTIVE/ PASSIVE HOMING • WAKE HOMERS • STRAIGHT RUNNERS
TORPEDO COUNTER MEASURES
• HISTORY– TORPEDO BELTS– TORPEDO NETS AND BULGES– TOWED DECOYS
TORPEDO COUNTER MEASURES
• A COMPLEX DOMAIN– COMPLEXITY OF THE MEDIUM– COMPLEXITY OF FCS – ALL ROUND COVERAGE
• LOW SUCCESS RATE IN DEVELOPMENT
SURFACE SHIP DEFENSE SCENARIO
• S/M LAUNCHED HWT– LARGE LAUNCHING DISTANCE– UNFAVOURABLE PROPOGATION CONDITION– LOW PROBABILITY OF DETECTION
• A LAYERED DEFENSE – LONG AS WELL AS SHORT RANGE DETECTION
COMPONENTS OF TCM
• EARLY DETECTION• FAST AND QUALIFIED THREAT EVALUATOR• LOCALISATION• HARD/SOFT KILL MEASURES• TACTICAL MANOEUVERS
SOFT KILL
• AN/SLQ-36 NIXIE-US• TRAPR-US• SEA SENTOR- FRANCE• GARSBEY 182-UK• ATC-1-ISRAEL• LESCUT- FRANCE/ISRAEL• ACTAS - GERMANY• SLAT-FRANCE/ITALY
HARD KILL
• UDAV-1- CURRENTLY IN USE ONBOARD RUSSIAN DESTROYERS
• SEA SPIDER• SSTD• SLAT AND SCUTTER• DARPA
SUBMARINE DEFENSE SCENARIO
• A/C DROPPED LWT • SHIP/SM LAUNCHED HWT– LESS REACTION TIME – LESS MANOEUVERABILITY– LOWER RANGES OF DECOY DEPLOYEMENT
SOFT KILL
• ADC MK 2 • SCAD • MOSS • TADA • SCUTTER• TAU 2000• CIRCE• C-303
HARD KILL
• NO PROVEN SYSTEM• SEA SPIDER
LIMITATIONS OF SOFT KILL
• LONG RANGE DETECTION NECESSARY • INFORMATION CONFUSION• SMARTER TORPEDOES• REQUIREMENT OF PRIOR INFO ON TYPE OF
TORPEDO THREAT• LOWER SUCCESS RATES
ADVANTAGE OF HARD KILL
• CATERS FOR SHORTER DETECTION RANGES• ONE TYPE FITS ALL CONCEPT• MORE AGGRESSIVE , TAKING ATTACK TO
ENEMY• MORE RELAIBLE
CONCLUSION
• DESTRUCTION OF THE INCOMING TORPEDO IS THE BEST TCM IN THE PRESENT CONTEXT. THE SAME, HOWEVER, IS NOT EASY. INHERENT COMPLEXITIES OF THE MEDIUM PRESENT A CHALLENGE IN DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESS OF SUCH METHODS.