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Terror_666 · 10-23-08, 07:04 PM

@Hitman
You are right that one 688 would not make much if any difference in the war as a hole but it would allow for great tactical advantages. The modern mk48 ADCAPs' can severely damage or sink all but the largest warships of the second world war. Also the missiles it can fire (harpoon, tomahawk) can take-out ships and land based targets with pinpoint accuracy and carpet bombing was very unreliable at the time and only occasionally took out the intended target and not the suberb or town next to it.
A 688 sensor capabilities are far greater than anything of the time.
So I agree with you that if it were used for merchant hunting it would be less than effective however if it were to lay of the coast of japan it could wreak havoc on japanese production and command and control. It would not end the war earlier but it might decrease the loss of life all around.

10-23-08, 07:04 PM	#8
Terror_666 Watch Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Monitoring my back-yard SAM site. Posts: 30 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	@Hitman You are right that one 688 would not make much if any difference in the war as a hole but it would allow for great tactical advantages. The modern mk48 ADCAPs' can severely damage or sink all but the largest warships of the second world war. Also the missiles it can fire (harpoon, tomahawk) can take-out ships and land based targets with pinpoint accuracy and carpet bombing was very unreliable at the time and only occasionally took out the intended target and not the suberb or town next to it. A 688 sensor capabilities are far greater than anything of the time. So I agree with you that if it were used for merchant hunting it would be less than effective however if it were to lay of the coast of japan it could wreak havoc on japanese production and command and control. It would not end the war earlier but it might decrease the loss of life all around. __________________ Evil, Malice, Death, Decay. Just another working day.