ASW and 1982 South Atlantic War

[AndySmith]

Originally Posted by Yellow Sun

BomberH,

I had a quick firkle around to try and find a clear and concise description of the construction of the “Limiting Lines of Submerged Approach”. I failed miserably, lots of descriptions but none clear and concise. This was the best I could find:

https://www.history.navy.mil/researc...submarine.html

If you think of it as an exercise in geometry and relative motion, not dissimilar to air defence intercept geometry, but carried out in slow motion.

YS

Of course, this theory is completely irrelevant if faced with a nuclear-powered boat - which was something the Argentine Navy was having to rapidly adapt its tactics to deal with.... as explained in Mariano's book.