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Thursday, December 06, 2007

Protection for submarines

Royal Malaysian Navy chief Admiral Tan Sri Ramlan Mohamed Ali said the submarines could take offensive action “but we need the capability to protect the submarines from someone else getting to them”.

One potential solution could lie with the Cerberus system, a diver detection system developed by British defence technology contractor, QinetiQ — one of the exhibitors at Lima ’07.

Named after the threeheaded, ever-vigilant hound of Greek mythology that guarded the gates of Hell, the system uses sonar technology to detect undersea intrusions to a distance of up to 900m within a 360º radius.

Pods are placed at the sea bed to detect any divers within range via sonar detection.

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