Take that, you flyboys.
 

Technology is evening the score. Take that you airjockey flyboys with your with your sonabuoys of doom! Bet you don't feel to safe to be flying up there in the sky anymore.:yep:

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/mi...TE=Feb+6,+2006

For those too lazy to read the link, its basically a successful test of a new vertically launched SAM that is hoped to eventually be equipped on Subs. Its one step closer to subs being able to finally defend itself against ASW aircraft when desperate measures are needed.

"I'm sorry, but were you trying to hunt me with your sonobuoys? KABLOOOOOM!!!!":o :yep:

Just FYI for those interested, Raytheon, the company developing the missile above, is also the company that makes a whole plethora of successful missile systems. The SM-2, Tomahawk, Evolved Sea Sparrow, Maverick, RAM, HARM, and Sidewinder are all Raytheon missile systems.

http://www.raytheon.com/cgi-bin/urlsrch.pl

There is a long way between a test and having them as operational weapons. :rotfl:
So bubbleheads stay low, very low else KABOOM from a nice mk 46. :p

Your time is numbered flyboy. Enjoy it while you can, its just a matter of time!:yep:
Pilot 1: "Lets hunt some subs."
Copilot: "Yeah I hate subs, I can hunt those guys all day, lets do it. Looks theres one on the Sonobuoy."
Pilot 1: "Lets get him!.... hey wait a minute, what's that pume of smoke? Oh NOOOO!!!"
KAPLOW!

You should play *my* version of DW. I'm already going to put them in game. :smug: :p

Man, this WOULD be nice to add this capability to DW!:up:

there is already this capability, and fortunately Luftwolf in his mod is going to tone down a bit this *cheat*. :arrgh!:

I'm curious as to why you would classify an emerging technology as a cheat? Unless you're focusing strictly on capabilities that are actually in the field. On another note I'd also like it if SCS would add the Virginia class boats to the "inventory." They're already out there.

You know... it's funny you should bring this up. I was talking to a coworker about this the other day. It seems that the past four wars have seriously depleted the US stores of tomahawk cruise missiles. While they're rebuilding the inventory, a lot of people have been trying to figure out ways to sell stuff to fit in those empty VLS tubes, considering that right now, they're often just filled with ballast.

One of the things they have been trying to sell is a verticle launch, encapsulated AIM-9X. The thing is, nobody is quite sure what they'd really do with it. So... things being what they are, the funded R&D of it as a possible new weapon system (the Navy is all about new toys), but it lacks CONOPS. The concensus in the submarine community is that depth is their best defense against aircraft. So, they're thinking all kinds of weird things, "uhm.... air defense for SOF? uhm... outer air battle?" Who knows? Personally, I think it'll be a neat PowerPoint slide, but nothing will actually reach the fleet.

Lets keep the 2 things distinct.
In real life this was a test ok, there is nothing operational right now.
No sub has the capability to launch surface to air missiles.
So this aspect should not be included in the sim.

As to cheat i was referring in regards to the use of sams.
Its inconceivable that in 1 sec you can have the sub skirting under the surface and right after fire a sam.
You don't even have to clear the sail completely to fire.
The missiles themselves just hit whatever plane/helo is in the zone, you don't even have to put the crosshair on the target. And last but not least, those sams are just to effective almost godlike in their effectiveness way beyond what can be seen in real life.
For these reasons i called the use of sams a cheat.
And sub players using it as it is now in the game, are cheaters.
If you are offended by my last sentence, its your problem.
Its my opinion.

Well, what Raytheon is proporting is that the AIM-9 series is pretty established, and the VLS sytems are pretty established, so why not bring two established systems together to see if they will work together? Just some software modifications & a cheap launch capsule and its ready for testing.

I think the CONOPs is that if a ASW aircraft has already detected you, last layer defense is to blow him up before he can drop a torp. Or if he's already dropped a torp, then evade and blow him out the water before he can drop another one. There's a pretty good chance that the submarine communities current concensus is such because.... its the only option they're ever had...:-?

Submarines are designed to operate under the surface.
It was the german type XXI which revolutionized and made a paradigm shift in the way submarines were designed and utilized in modern warfare.
Up to then subs were basically surface ships, who went underwater only in the attack phase.
Maybe raytheon should go back in time and try to sell surface to air missiles to us fleet subs. :rotfl:
I don't see any utility for surface to air missiles on subs.
To fire you have to be on the surface, and you become vulnerable to surface to surface missiles.
Did you forget those existed ?
The existence of a sub is to be underwater for extended periods of time, carry out the mission as stealthily as possibile, attack as stealthily as possibile etc... and never surface.
Wasn't that the concept behind a submarine nuclear fleet ?
Adding surface to air missiles just negates the purpose of a submarine.

What your missing is the fact that, as clearly written in the article above, these systems aren't intended to be fired while surfaced, but rather designed to be launched from VLS tubes while submerged in the same manner that all other VLS ordinance in deployed.

Modern US defensive systems are constructed around a multilayered defensive strategy whenever possible. When threatened use X, if that fails use Y, if that fails as well use Z. If that fails your toast. Whenever you get to option Z your already in bad shape and things don't look good, but it does give another layer of defense and increases chances of surviving a hostile encounter.

Currently SSN defense against ASW aircraft threats aren't multilayered at all. There exist one, and only one option. If that fails there are no alternatives. Employing a system to provide last ditch alternatives to a 2billion dollar platform is not a bad thing if the option avails itself. Especially if all the hardware required already exist.

I think it's a bad idea. It tempts modern SSNs to play flak U-Boat with a $1 billion plus platform. Going shallow and slow is not exactly the best place to play the "last ditch" card against airborne ASW.

Not going to hunt Aircraft
 

I doubt that the US Navy Submarine Force is going to start hunting Aircraft. This system when and if it is installed would at least provide some defense when a boat is ordered into shallow water with little maneuver room. We have always preferred not being detected, that is not going to change. If you have ever been on an operation and many of the men on this forum have, where a dam helo detects you and then hammers you for hours, even if it's ours it makes you aware that you are pretty dam helpless until you get to deep water where you can use your speed and the environment to shake the sucker. If the Pilot know you have AAW capabilities it could make him less aggressive, and at least provide you with some ability to get out of dodge. Now, you have to take it while they have their fun. They do you know, the old wrap the grenade in toilet paper so it sinks deeper before the spoon pops off. Don't any of you skimmers tell me you don't do that, I started out life as a skimmer before I was saved. I think you use to just test your sonar in PH just to make our life miserable across from you piers.

Go AIM-9

Ron Banks MMCM(SS), USN(Ret)

hmmmm :hmm: ... but a successfull test! It was launched from periscope depth and shot down a drone helicopter. If it's operational or not, is hard to know i think.

Why?

That's realistic apparently :huh:

In DW, if you come to the surface to fire a SAM with air treaths around, you make a risky move, no warranty.

Be careful when you accuse someone of cheating: i consider it a serious offence. I know some cheaters from other games, and you gotta hate them so much you'd love to correct theyr attitude using a baseball mace! They brutalize the game coming up with fanta-fiction capabilities and doing very little effort, and almost always win.

I will keep using it, after all it's also the ONLY response I have against air treaths...