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Trapezoid: Needs Analysis
Assets
(100x200 NM box)
17,000 Floating Sensors, reseeded daily for 30 days were required
Deployment
1,800 B-52 sorties or
3,000 B-2 sorties
Needs Analysis
Obj Analysis
Alt Generation
Modeling
Analysis
Conclusions
Floating Sensors
 Operational View 1 (OV-1)
The Floating Sensors option was an alternative explored to cover the entire 100 by 200 nautical mile box.  Multiple Floating Sensor assets would be delivered by Strategic Air. (CLICK) Our first level of analysis determined that over 17,000 sensors would be needed over the established 30-day period. These floating sensors were subject to effects of: Tide, Current and Wind. Additionally, it was determined that over 1,800 B-52 sorties or 3,000 B-2 sorties would be required to continually re-seed the AOR because of its large size and degradation of the floating sensors.  Therefore (CLICK) this alternative was not explored further. (CLICK)