EA capability and RF homing

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Originally Posted by LuftWolf

I don't have much experience with OHP, so I'm not sure about tactics involving the radar and EMCON, Emission Control (radars off), but I'd imagine having the air search radar on would greatly improve your ability to respond to ASM missiles. In fact, you'd probably want to have both of your radar's on most of the time, since just about anything in the water, air, or on the sea will be able to detect you before you detect them. However, I'm sure a more experienced OHP commander could fill in here. :hmm:

RE: EMCON vs. radiating,I was hoping that the depth (no pun intended) of the radar and detection model compared to that of the sonar model... but apparently that isn't the case. Oh well. Although I do like how radar contacts are initially fairly nebulous, you know it's an aircraft because it's moving 350 kts but is it hostile? COMAIR? Hostile posing as a COMAIR? Makes threat evaluation kinda interesting.