2. Range limitation and target stealth

2.1 Analysis framework

As mentioned in the article [RAD 6 714] , the open literature on the TS of SM is scarce, and even more so when it comes to their reduction through coatings or judicious hull shapes.

However, there is one important exception: the Alberich, the world's first anechoic lining used on SMs. Developed by Erwin Meyer's team in 1940 in Nazi Germany, it was used on some U-Boats. There is a wealth of literature on this coating, partly because...