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GoldenRivet · 11-08-17, 06:36 PM

Obviously the purpose of the exercise is to sneak your sub around in extremely shallow water and fire off the most obvious position revealing weapon in your inventory - without revealing your position... oh yeah, and you can only shoot 4 of these weapons at a time, so, without the advantage of a VLS system... you have to cheat death not once, but twice.

i have tried the "shoot and scoot" method, wherein i fire my salvo of 4 TLAMs and as expediently as possible try to change my position, but, with 2 helicopters and a 4 engine turboprop bomber searching the area, doing anything in a submarine expediently is a bad idea. I have tweaked this attack by firing off the TLAMS and then loading a MOSS and firing it. about 30-50% of the time the moss will be repeatedly bombed or torpedoed by the aircraft but their interest in it is short lived and they almost always find me.

i have tried the "point blank" method, wherein i sneak to within just a couple of miles of the target area and fire all 4 TLAMS, reload for the second attempt... but within minutes i have 3 escorts depth charging me and its over.

the only method i have had any success with is...

the "sunken shield method" - i wait until a vessel, usually a cargo ship is reasonably close, then i sink it with one ADCAP. then i load all 4 tubes with TLAMS and park right next to the sunken freighter. when the tubes are ready i ascend to launch depth, fire the TLAMS and then head back down snuggled next to the wreck of that cargo ship. when the aircraft start sending torpedoes my way, they generally home in on the wreck. when the next group of TLAMs are ready i pop up and launch my second attack. i hand out by the wreck, firing ADCAPS at all approaching escorts until i am convinced nobody else has any weapons left and i hurry out of there.

very unrealistic approach.

I also notice that this mission is almost always done in the daytime. which also seems a little unrealistic as it would make more sense to me to send the 200 foot tall plumes of "aim here to sink me" signal smoke into the air after dark

what is your success strategy for cruise missile attacks?

11-08-17, 06:36 PM	#1
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,718 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Strategy for cruise missile launch Obviously the purpose of the exercise is to sneak your sub around in extremely shallow water and fire off the most obvious position revealing weapon in your inventory - without revealing your position... oh yeah, and you can only shoot 4 of these weapons at a time, so, without the advantage of a VLS system... you have to cheat death not once, but twice. i have tried the "shoot and scoot" method, wherein i fire my salvo of 4 TLAMs and as expediently as possible try to change my position, but, with 2 helicopters and a 4 engine turboprop bomber searching the area, doing anything in a submarine expediently is a bad idea. I have tweaked this attack by firing off the TLAMS and then loading a MOSS and firing it. about 30-50% of the time the moss will be repeatedly bombed or torpedoed by the aircraft but their interest in it is short lived and they almost always find me. i have tried the "point blank" method, wherein i sneak to within just a couple of miles of the target area and fire all 4 TLAMS, reload for the second attempt... but within minutes i have 3 escorts depth charging me and its over. the only method i have had any success with is... the "sunken shield method" - i wait until a vessel, usually a cargo ship is reasonably close, then i sink it with one ADCAP. then i load all 4 tubes with TLAMS and park right next to the sunken freighter. when the tubes are ready i ascend to launch depth, fire the TLAMS and then head back down snuggled next to the wreck of that cargo ship. when the aircraft start sending torpedoes my way, they generally home in on the wreck. when the next group of TLAMs are ready i pop up and launch my second attack. i hand out by the wreck, firing ADCAPS at all approaching escorts until i am convinced nobody else has any weapons left and i hurry out of there. very unrealistic approach. I also notice that this mission is almost always done in the daytime. which also seems a little unrealistic as it would make more sense to me to send the 200 foot tall plumes of "aim here to sink me" signal smoke into the air after dark what is your success strategy for cruise missile attacks? __________________