An Aiming Point Selection Method for Wake Homing Torpedo Against Elusive Maneuver

With torpedo alarm distance increasing, a surface ship can effectively evade the attack of a wake homing torpedo by elusive maneuver. In this study, aiming at typical elusion mode, the critical alarm distance for a surface ship to successfully evade a wake homing torpedo is simulated with different aiming points. Simulation results show that the critical alarm distance is relative to the azimuth of an incoming torpedo, and increases with the increase in proportionality coefficient. As a result, moving the aiming point backward can improve the anti-countermeasure effect of a wake homing torpedo against elusive maneuver of a surface ship.