Take that, you flyboys.

[SeaQueen]

Originally Posted by LoBlo

I think the CONOPs is that if a ASW aircraft has already detected you, last layer defense is to blow him up before he can drop a torp.

If he hasn't dropped a torpedo then how do you know he's detected you? You're better off to go deep and hope he doesn't detect you, than to shoot a short ranged missile against an aircraft that is probably not very tightly localized and make absolute CERTAIN that he's detected you.

Or if he's already dropped a torp, then evade and blow him out the water before he can drop another one.

Okay... think DW... you successfully evade a torpedo, how long does that take? A few minutes. An aircraft can travel at over 200kts, the aircraft could be ANYWHERE by that time. You can't shoot a missile with a range of only a couple miles and have a decent chance of hitting an airplane immediately after dodging a torpedo. It doesn't make any sense.

There's a pretty good chance that the submarine communities current concensus is such because.... its the only option they're ever had...

I don't see that. My experience is that the submarine community, right now, is probably among the most willing to do all kinds of weird things. I just don't see how they're supposed to rationally employ the missile. I mean.. it's great that they're able to do it, and I think it's worth the money spent as an R&D project, but I'm not sure it's worth the money as an operational weapons system.