SUBMARINE COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST NEW TECHNICAL ACTIVE SONARS

NEW TECHNOLOGY ACTIVE SONARS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN THEIR ABILITY TO DETECT, CLASSIFY, AND TRACK SUBMARINES. THE NAVY HAS IDENTIFIEDTHESE SONARS AS A THREAT TO THE US SUBMARINE FLEET AND DESIRES INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES TO COUNTER THIS THREAT. INNOVATIVE COUNTERMEASURES WILL ATTACK THE THREAT AT EACH POINT IN THE THREAT-S PROCESSING CHAIN; THESE ARE DETECTION, CLASSIFICATION, AND TRACKING. 0RINC0N PROPOSEDTO PERFORM A STUDY THAT EXAMINES COUNTERING THE THREAT AT EACH POINTIN THE THREAT-S PROCESSING CHAIN. 0RINCON WILL EXAMINE THE STRENGTHS AND VULNERABILITIES OF NEW TECHNOLOGY ACTIVE SONARS. MONOSTATIC AND MULTISTATIC SYSTEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED. NEXT, 0RINC0N WILL ASSESSTHE THREAT-S IMPACT ON SUBMARINE OPERATIONS, PEACETIME OPERATIONS, SUCH AS MANUVERING, WILL BE EXPLORED FOR DETECTION AVOIDANCE CAPABILITIES, WARTIME OPERATIONS TO TAKE DIRECT ACTION AGAINST THE THREAT WILL ALSO BE EVALUATED. THIRD, ORINCON WILL IDENTIFY COUNTERMEASURES THAT WILL EFFECTIVELY NULLIFY THE THREAT. OUR THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OFDETECTION, CLASSIFICATION, TRACKING, AND TACTICS WILL ALLOW US TO COVER ALL BASES OF POSSIBLE COUNTERMEASURES. FINALLY, ORINCON WILL IDENTIFY METHODS FOR EVALUATING THE SELECTED COUNTERMEASURES EFFECTIVENESS. THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EACH COUNTERMEASURE WILL BE DETERMINED.