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Gorshkov · 07-04-10, 02:17 PM

Well, I noticed now US Navy rather shifted its focus to blue and green waters than littoral areas as it was trendy during 1990s. Simply new serious naval rival i.e. China is on the horizon. On the other hand operating safely on littoral against strong opponent is too expensive - look at Zumwalt-class 3.5 billion bucks worth freak along with LCS drama. However fighting against Iran-like opponent on littoral is no big problem for current US Navy assets:

- SA-5 is ineffective 45 years old Soviet mammoth good enough for early B-52 models. Look at "El Dorado Canyon" operation which took place 25 years ago what SA-5 is really worth. Also don't assume P-3 would operate alone in area not cleared earlier from SA-5 sites by USAF or US Navy planes. That is possible only in DW universe.

- MANPADS on "terrorist rafts" or some Q-ships are not serious threat to P-3 and attacking MH-60R due to their limited ceiling and range.

- old Iranian Kilos without towed arrays do not have a dog's chance against brand-new US Navy MFTA sonars (by the way not modeled in DW and LWAMI)

- as I mentioned above armed littoral crafts would be most frequently detected and engaged by air platforms in real life. That is something what most playable DW platforms cannot do and thus I think such missions in DW are very narrowed in scope. Maybe you want to simulate some new tanker's war in the Gulf but the only scenario I can imagine is OHP with MH-60R duo's convoy work...after airstrikes against Iranian nuclear sites or establishing Iran's naval blockade.

- that is good your mod has most up to date database but Crazy Ivan vel Gray Owl still reminds your sensors and doctrine files are flawed. I do not know what to think about it...

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Gorshkov Commodore Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 604 Downloads: 139 Uploads: 0	Well, I noticed now US Navy rather shifted its focus to blue and green waters than littoral areas as it was trendy during 1990s. Simply new serious naval rival i.e. China is on the horizon. On the other hand operating safely on littoral against strong opponent is too expensive - look at Zumwalt-class 3.5 billion bucks worth freak along with LCS drama. However fighting against Iran-like opponent on littoral is no big problem for current US Navy assets: - SA-5 is ineffective 45 years old Soviet mammoth good enough for early B-52 models. Look at "El Dorado Canyon" operation which took place 25 years ago what SA-5 is really worth. Also don't assume P-3 would operate alone in area not cleared earlier from SA-5 sites by USAF or US Navy planes. That is possible only in DW universe. - MANPADS on "terrorist rafts" or some Q-ships are not serious threat to P-3 and attacking MH-60R due to their limited ceiling and range. - old Iranian Kilos without towed arrays do not have a dog's chance against brand-new US Navy MFTA sonars (by the way not modeled in DW and LWAMI) - as I mentioned above armed littoral crafts would be most frequently detected and engaged by air platforms in real life. That is something what most playable DW platforms cannot do and thus I think such missions in DW are very narrowed in scope. Maybe you want to simulate some new tanker's war in the Gulf but the only scenario I can imagine is OHP with MH-60R duo's convoy work...after airstrikes against Iranian nuclear sites or establishing Iran's naval blockade. - that is good your mod has most up to date database but Crazy Ivan vel Gray Owl still reminds your sensors and doctrine files are flawed. I do not know what to think about it... Last edited by Gorshkov; 07-04-10 at 02:28 PM.