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| Fisherman sonar used to locate crashed C-130; Philippine Navy improvisation | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 31 2008, 11:09 PM (816 Views) | |
| pachador | Aug 31 2008, 11:09 PM Post #1 |
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A Japanese Furuno "sonar" or echo sounder used by a Filipino fishing company was borrowed by the Philippine navy and installed on a Philippine navy utility boat then used to locate the crashed C-130 . The Filipino shipping company is a Philippine navy affiliated reserve unit(PNARRU) : http://www.gmanews.tv/largevideo/related/2...earch-for-C-130 The Philippine government also operates various ships with sonar capabilities for detecting underwater objects including submarines, underwater mountains, peaks, etc, but these ships were not in the vicinity of the Davao coastal area. You can see the capabilities of these ships at my personal Philippine navy website at: http://philippinenavy.tripod.com/oceano.html |
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| seWer Rat | Sep 1 2008, 04:04 PM Post #2 |
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our PN ships dont have sonar, a noisy submarine can sit underneath one of them without ever being noticed ... which gives me this idea: why not utilize this PNARRU fishing boats as secret antisubmarine boats armed with a torpedo or two
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| pachador | Sep 4 2008, 03:20 AM Post #3 |
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good idea. Australia has a similar program using civilian boats to help her navy. An AFP officer mentioned to me once that most of the RP's inland seas are shallow which means its easier to find submarines. he also said , all that needs to be done is guard the RP's chokepoints and the enemy sub is trapped like a fish in a fishpen. . BTW, the PNARRUs and PCGAs like the ones in palawan help guard the spratlys. there even is a PCGA amphib kit plane in palawan as well as numerous civilian scuba divers aka "SWAG militia" . |
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| panzerkampfwagen | Sep 4 2008, 09:46 AM Post #4 |
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Nice. Patrol torpedo boats disguised as local fishing boats.
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| saver111 | Sep 5 2008, 11:24 PM Post #5 |
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With all these accidents of sinking ships and missing aircrafts at sea I just wished we have something like this in the Navy in addition to those research ships we have.
She's been for sale for a long time already for USD1.6 million. Maybe we could have it as a support vessel, troop carrier, research and salvage vessel. http://www.ships-for-sale.com/dive_support_ship.htm |
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