Airborne Radar Search for Diesel Submarines (ARSDS)

Abstract

Aircraft search to catch diesel submarines on the sea surface or with masts exposed above the sea surface has been an anti-submarine warfare tactic for more than half a century. However, rather than analysis, operational judgment has been used to guess at good search tactics such as how large an area can one aircraft cover effectively. In this research, a detection rate model is developed to analyze the effectiveness of an airborne radar search for a diesel submarine assumed to be intermittently operating with periscopes or masts exposed above the sea surface. The analysis obtains cumulative probability of detection vs. time based on the radar manufacturer's performance data, user inputs for aircraft search area size, search speed, and search altitude, and submarine periscope or mast exposure profile. The model can use given periscope radar cross section data, or roughly calculate radar cross section given assumptions about exposed periscope height above the sea-surface and sea-state conditions. Submarine evasion due to radar counter-detection is also modeled.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 23, 2005
Accession Number
ADA447985

Entities

People

  • Jose Landa
  • Steven E. Pilnick

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Altitude
  • Detection
  • Low Altitude
  • Military Operations
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Operations Research
  • Periscopes
  • Radar Cross Sections
  • Radar Footprint
  • Radar Reflections
  • Search Radar
  • Search Theory
  • Submarine Periscopes
  • Submarines
  • United States Military Academy

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.