Posted on Oct 14, 2016
US carriers deploy new torpedo defense system
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Thanks SGT Damaso V Santana for informing us about the US Navy's Anti-Torpedo Defense System currently installed on five aircraft carriers and deployed on one carrier at the moment which is able to detect, classify, track and destroy incoming enemy torpedoes.
This is an very useful system for an aircraft carrier which is most vulnerable to submarine launched torpedoes and missiles.
"The overall SSTD system, which consists of a sensor, processor and small interceptor missile, is a first-of-its-kind “hard kill” countermeasure for ships and carriers designed to defeat torpedoes, Navy officials said.
The emerging Surface Ship Torpedo Defense technology includes the Anti-Torpedo Defense System, or ATTDS and an SLQ-25 Acoustic Device Countermeasure; the ATTDS consists of a Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo program and Torpedo Warning System."
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This is an very useful system for an aircraft carrier which is most vulnerable to submarine launched torpedoes and missiles.
"The overall SSTD system, which consists of a sensor, processor and small interceptor missile, is a first-of-its-kind “hard kill” countermeasure for ships and carriers designed to defeat torpedoes, Navy officials said.
The emerging Surface Ship Torpedo Defense technology includes the Anti-Torpedo Defense System, or ATTDS and an SLQ-25 Acoustic Device Countermeasure; the ATTDS consists of a Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo program and Torpedo Warning System."
I thought you might be interested: LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) CW5 Charlie Poulton SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT (Join to see) SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Forrest Stewart SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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SSgt Robert Marx
It is about time the Navy developed a surface ship torpedo defense considering cheap torpedoes have only been around for 125 years!
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