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Originally Posted by Wiz33
1) Missiles should not be used in general. They pretty much gives away your launch position if anyone have active radar running (or even the good old Mark I eyeball).
2) They can get shot down easily by some of the more modern units (for the era).
The only time I use missile is to finish off a damaged target or against support ships after the escort have been eliminated
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A well-aimed missile which encounters the enemy head-on or straight from behind (down the throat or up the kilt, if you will) can evade shipborne CIWS entirely, since those narrow angles are the point-defense blind spots.
I've personally sunk a handful of warships that way, with the right single missile (Harpoon for small ones, TASM for big ones).
The alternative is to use a combination of sea-skimming and pop-up approaches to divide the CIWS attention and land a hit. More ammo-intensive, but viable sometimes. In general, missile use is situational as torpedoes aren't the best choice 100% of the time.