Thanks for the replies everyone. Looks like a buy for me.

JD

<t> Hi folks. I'm trying to get a feel for how this game compares - not qualitatively, but from a design intent perspective - to other games of similar scale. For example, Grigsby's War in the Pacific AE and War in the East/West, or Paradox's Hearts of Iron 4?<br/>
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If I'm a fan of the above ...

OK thanks. I would consider this a "design oversight" (meaning no disrespect), so I would have no problem hacking a save file to accomplish what I want. Is that possible? If so which file should I be looking at?

JD

<t> ACK! I've been playing this game (one iteration or another) for over 20 years, and I can't remember how to change unit types (eg, swap ant-tank for infantry) between scenarios? I'm sure I used to be able to do this. Did something change or am I just blind and can't find the option?<br/>
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The short of it is that its not a global power projection platform like a US carrier is supposed to be. It is at best a regional power projection platform that has to be part of a larger integrated plan.
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They mean "war" ship... not "line-of-battle" ship.

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Actually JD, from everything I've seen the Block IV has "real time target recognition" which I presume is some sort of EO/IR sensor, as it's billed as being capable of striking a mobile target. It may require an operator to designate the ...

<t> Not sure how effective this would be. It does have long range, but it's slow (subsonic), has no defense evasion capability (that I'm aware of), no target recognition/discrimination capability (again, that I'm aware of), and requires a spotter to hit a moving target. I can see this thing being ...

Hehe... good edit.

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I almost made the same mistake up above.

<t> I suppose. I wasn't so much concerned with the number of missiles available, but with the ability of a task group to track and engage many targets that quickly. Can, say, 3 state of the art ships (eg, Burkes) track and shoot at (lets just go with) 50 vampires in 2 minutes, allowing for ...

Wow. That's less than 2 minutes to engage and destroy what might be dozens (potentially hundreds?) of vampires. Not sure I'd like to try that without some sort of advanced CIWS for backup.

JD

<r> Ignacio,<br/>
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Interesting that you should mention possible expansions. I was thinking the same thing... after one quick play-through, I was left with nothing else to do. Except maybe to see if I could do it quicker. But to be honest, I'm not interested in scores or (external) competition ...

The BLUE guys. US, NATO, etc.

JD

<t> hehehe... seems putin is getting uppity of late. small pen is syndrome no doubt. <br/>
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someone will eventually get tired of his antics, smack him on the snout with a rolled up newspaper, and he'll slink back into obscurity.<br/>
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in the mean time, defense industry and military ...

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<t> That is interesting. But I was referring to development costs. Dev costs can be spread out over the life of a program production run so that, all other things being equal (and I know they're not), the more you build the lower the unit cost. However, the development cost is still the same. It ...

<t> I'm aware. I was thinking in total... either - or, yeah? <br/>
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The whole idea of the JSF was one airframe for all services, and then some. If you dropped the A and C model, you would still need a weapons systems program to produce the B. One way or another those development costs would ...

You mean in addition to the F35? No V/STOL capability with the F22....

JD

<r> Ragnar,<br/>
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I'm sure you're absolutely correct about normal operational use and parameters. We've had a similar discussion before with regard to the max range of the Iowa main guns... and I think the same argument applies here. The problem that I, and apparently others as well, have ...