We trained dry on the procedure but quickly realized in the simulator that dropping it was not survivable for the aircraft or crew. Seriously they told us to track the sub, then cut the sonar cable drop the thing and climb like hell … according to two of my pilots the math didn’t work! We didn’t actually have the nuclear depth charges but were assured they would be available when needed! There was a place to store them on the ship.
I wonder if a better chance for survival would be to drop the depth charge and then fly like he11 laterally, to put more water between yourself and the explosion. But that’s just me, not that I’d want to experiment.
Bill