Take that, you flyboys.

[Wim Libaers]

Originally Posted by Nexus7

In DW, if you come to the surface to fire a SAM with air treaths around, you make a risky move, no warranty.

Not that risky. If you're coming up from below the layer to do it, yes, it's a risk. If you already are in shallow water, there is very little risk. The reason is that you're not surfacing to do it, you're just putting the top of the sail at water level. That's high enough to use the missile, but not enough to trigger the sensors in DW that track surface contacts. The only extra risks when at periscope depth are that you might have to slow down a little bit to prevent cavitation, and that someone might see the missile.

The effectiveness of the missiles is rather good too. Even if it doesn't hit, chances are good that the aircraft autopilot will crash the plane/helo while trying to evade when he's low enough.