[1817] Mine detection issues with the AN/AES-1 ALMDS

[erick33]

I’ve been testing the AN/AES-1 ALMDS against moored mines between 10m and 100m deep, but I couldn't get a single hit. Even the mine at -32ft wasn't detected at all. I made sure the ALMDS pod was active and flew at the lowest possible altitude, but still nothing.

I'm not an expert on mine clearance yet, so I'm not 100% sure what's "normal," but I've never actually seen this system detect a mine in my tests. Is there something wrong with my test environment, or is the ALMDS detection simply not implemented in the system yet?

[Raptorx7_slith]

Thanks for the report, logged as 0017243

[Nikel]

It seems to be a matter of depth.

Mines at 0 depth are detected by the LIDAR system.

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[erick33]

It seems to be a matter of depth.

Mines at 0 depth are detected by the LIDAR system.


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I’ve verified that the system detects mines at zero depth, but those are floating mines that can be spotted visually anyway. The real issue is that if ALMDS is only capable of detecting mines at the surface, it defeats the purpose of having an advanced detection system.

[Nikel]

Testing a demining a scenario. Will this be fixed in the next patch?

If not the alternative is to use Seahawks AN/AQS-20A.