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Rufus Shinra · 01-10-20, 02:08 PM

Well, better to use such a missile than to surface and try to use a RPG against a chopper. More seriously, I wonder how precisely passive sonar can get a bearing on the incoming chopper to get an IR missile relatively well-aligned to not miss miserably (I don't think you'd like for your very short range missile to start 45° away from its target). I mean, without getting the periscope out, which could possibly be detected by the ASW chopper and indicate imminent launch.

01-10-20, 02:08 PM	#4
Rufus Shinra Soundman Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: The land of the free with a glorious military history (France) Posts: 141 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Well, better to use such a missile than to surface and try to use a RPG against a chopper. More seriously, I wonder how precisely passive sonar can get a bearing on the incoming chopper to get an IR missile relatively well-aligned to not miss miserably (I don't think you'd like for your very short range missile to start 45° away from its target). I mean, without getting the periscope out, which could possibly be detected by the ASW chopper and indicate imminent launch. Last edited by Rufus Shinra; 01-10-20 at 02:30 PM.