Australia Is New Customer For US-developed SURTASS-E, Passive Submarine Detection System скачать в хорошем качестве

Australia Is New Customer For US-developed SURTASS-E, Passive Submarine Detection System

The original SURTASS system was developed during the Cold War. It comprises ship-towed passive and active sonar arrays and provides “long-range detection [of submarines] and cueing for tactical weapons platforms or other vessels of interest,” according to the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Navy’s SURTASS was updated in the late 1980s to include a low-frequency active (LFA) sonar capability, which “provides an active adjunct capability for IUSS [Integrated Underwater Surveillance System] passive and tactical sensors to assist in countering the quieter diesel and nuclear threats of the 1990s and beyond,” according to the service. The LFA is especially useful for detecting slow-moving quiet threats in littoral waters.