Originally Posted by
Senior Pilot
Nearly as good as dropping an NDB from a Wasp/Wessex/Sea King at 200’ on a Certsub with 50kt yield selected 🙈
I remember doing the math on dropping a bucket of sunshine from a helicopter and trying to be out of the danger radius when it went off.
Our crew prep complete (for the exercise) we decided that the approach to the drop point had to be done while already heading down wind ... and that still may not matter.
The guys flying the S-3 had it made, by comparison.
A guy from the exercise cell pointed out, though, that if we were dropping buckets of sunshine there was a good chance that any torps heading toward our ships were similarly tipped ... and 'close is good enough' from that perspective as well.
His wry observation was: "Sure, you may get away from the blast, but when you come back to home plate you may only find boiled fish"