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A244/S Mod. 3: THE TORPEDO FAMILY SELECTED BY 12 NAVIES
The A244/S Mod. 3 torpedo is the very last evolution of the A244/S fire-and-forget ASW LWT family nowadays in service with 12 Navies.
The unique and extensively proven shallow water performances have been further enhanced in the A244/S Mod. 3 to cope with the submarines
evolved capabilities and operational theatres such as:
Long engagement range to render the launching vessel less prone to the possible reaction of the sub
Capability to counter more and more sophisticated anti-torpedo countermeasures released by the sub
Capability to counter more and more silenced threats
Capability to significantly delay the target alert and its reaction
Capability to fully cope with the littoral waters warfare
The A244/S Mod. 3 torpedo has been designed to counter the threat posed by any conventional submarine as well as nuclear subs when engaged at the transit speed of up to 15 Kts even when acoustically coated or deploying anti-torpedo countermeasures and evading at a maximum speed of 30 Kts.
The torpedo can be deployed by surface platforms as well as by fixed and rotary wing aircraft.
Program status
The A244/S Torpedo family is presently in service
with more than 15 Navies all over the world and is operational in the following areas:
Mediterranean Sea
Arabic Sea
Baltic Sea
Caribbean Sea
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
South East Asia Basins
North Sea
More than 1000 A244/S Torpedoes have been manufactured up to now.
CHARACTERISTICS
| Main Dynamic Features |
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| Speeds | …………………… | 28 kts to 36 kts in step of 1kts |
| Range | …………………… | >13,500 m at low speed |
| Minimum depth for launching | …………………… | 30 m |
| Max. operating depth | …………………… | >600 m |
| Diameter (NATO Standard) | …………………… | 324 mm |
| Length | …………………… | 2750 mm |
| Weight | …………………… | 254 kg |
| Main Acoustic Features | ||
| 7 Operational bands | ||
| Active, passive & mixed acoustic mode | ||
| Combined narrow & broad band operation | ||
| Acoustic coverage | …………………... | 80°H x 40°V |
| Max detection range | …………………... | >2000m |
| Simultaneous targets | …………………… | Up to 6 |
| Main Counter-Counter Measures | ||
| IFF pulses | ||
| Point-like target classifier | ||
| Stationary target detection capability | ||
| Self-adaptive thresholds | ||
| Target classification through scoring | ||
| Frequency/time coded emission pulses | ||
| Simultaneous Multi-frequency operation | ||
| Target echo level and shape analysis | ||
| Submarine length-like windows | ||
| Spatial diversity & coherence analysis | ||
