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Originally Posted by Dr.Sid
And destroyers can send really a lot's of missiles at once.
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My Seawolf can send just as many Harpoons as an Arleigh Burke at once.
Seriously though, I prefer the TASM for bigger ships, Harpoons for the smaller ships. They fly similar profiles and speeds, so for me it's a matter of what I want to destroy. Like Dr. Sid says in the post above, Harpoon is faster, TASM is bigger. While I have found ways to make these slower subsonic anti-ship missiles more effective, your best bet is like some have said above. The MK48 ADCAP seems to be the most efficient and effective way of eliminating enemy surface ships.
With Anti-ship missiles....the more the merrier. Large Salvos are the only way to go. Saturation of defenses if you will. You must think "Will this salvo saturate the targets defenses?". In that regard the 688(I) with 12 TASM's in the VLS and 4 missiles in the tubes will give you a large salvo opportunity against a well defended warship. Not a 100% guarantee of a hit mind you, but indeed gives you a good chance to hit it, if not outright destroy it. This goes for Akula as well because the Tico's and AB's defenses are very difficult to get through. I think with the Russian supersonics, you have to be smart where you enable them. I've found that enabling them at different ranges has been helpful. Some earlier then others. The Kilo just doesn't launch enough Club's to be very successful against major blue OPFOR vessels.