pinger life/search resources
tekata: trouble is, that's 3 ships that are appropriately equipped (by my count), plus some odds and sods (frigates? submarines?) which won't be able to contribute much. Very difficult to make an adequate search of a large area in the small time window with these resources.
Not being argumentative - what looks like a lot of resources isn't, when put in the middle of a large search area.
No offence intended to anyone involved.