Fearless: ''Mountain climbers''
- I tested over hills between 1000 - 3000 ft. References to extreme topography or rough terrain relate, as I understand it, to the rate of change in contours and not to the absolute height levels. In practise routing over or through such terrain would only be necessary where the limited waypoints prevented planning low level flight paths. But waypoints are limited which imposes compromises in long distance run-ins over 'hilly' terrain.
My aim was to simulate a target set in a valley or superbowl stadium of surrounding hills where at the end of a long waypointed flight options for approach are limited. Results as reported elsewhere were 'mixed.'
But given a level approach over sea to a 'steep' hill under 3000 ft no ground collision should be expected but I experienced such frequently with the latest LwAmi TLAM mod.