use the record feature, it's exactly what you want.

hey, whatever works.

it's a red line for laser designation.

go to view and turn on target designation.

the whole thing is automatic, btw- as soon as the attacking aircraft needs it anybody nearby who can designate for the weapon will do so assuming they have the range and LOS to do so.

<t> in some of the northern inferno scenario you get B-52s equipped with nuclear ARMs, the name of the weapon escapes me at the moment, though.<br/>
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IIRC they are very effective, as you might imagine. the diamondback principle: "the seekerhead doesn't have to be any good- as long as i'm in ...

I really like the close combat additions. Also the new(er) interface looks very slick, nice job guys.

megamek is beautiful, don't you dare cast aspersions on my far future battlemech campaign java-based RNG simulator

if you uncheck the slow down to maintain formation wouldn't they continue? I'd try that. it's in the group controls, right side of the UI.

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The GBU-24E states that it is a laser <B><s>[b]</s>and GPS<e>[/b]</e></B> guided bomb. (The targets (buildings), BTW, are auto-detectable.)<br/>
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Much of the text is about lasers, but it does mention that it uses GPS too.<br/>
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<t> there do exist GPS/INS-SALH tandem bombs such as the GBU-54 LJDAM. IIRC, in CMANO the LJDAM will not use SALH unless the target is moving (to minimize emissions)<br/>
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check the properties- does it have INS/GPS capability?<br/>
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also make sure you have your terminal illumination ...

you never need to micromanage laser designators, just like radar illuminators they will turn on automatically as needed and aren't managed by the EMCON system.

<t> the viking was before my time but it me just be a case of them aging out of service. once the fleet as a whole starts approaching it's maximum safe flight hour lifetime, you can't do much except extend it (expensive) or replace it with a new, similar plane. <br/>
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obviously they opted not ...

tl;dr, yes. but only for PE.

<t> you can use SEAD patrol, yes. if you want to strike a specific radar site you can always use a support mission to get them out there and then order them to strike as well.<br/>
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This confused me for quite a while the first time I encountered it, because I always considered modern ARMs ...

the game doesn't consider ARMs strike weapons.

you can. the sim also does it for certain missions, where EMCON is snoozed until you reach your station or IP.

you can plot with shift+f1 (plot course) however there is not an extremely ergonomic way of doing it for large launches. you will have to plot every single target separately which can take a lot of time.

<t> if you want to hit something smaller than a gridsquare, use AIR/SE or cluster.<br/>
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re: recon, what command misses the most is "signature blooms" from activity. seeing stuff that's immobile and recessed into a treeline is pretty hard, but seeing stuff that's charging across the terrain ...

use an anti-surface (ground) patrol instead, it will engage targets in the boundary of it's prosecution area as determined by it's ROE and TLAM WRA as soon as they appear.

<t> there is VLA IIRC.<br/>
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the key to success in that one is to make sure that your helicopters have active sonar on and they are set to freefire. you can also move more of them into your vanguard by the use of ferry missions, as neither group really has enough to protect itself well.<br ...

<t> you turn to your radar's gimbal limit such that you can continue to guide your missile while minimizing closure rate. you do this generally when you have a range advantage and want to prevent the fight from becoming a visual merge.<br/>
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generally speaking, newer fighters have a range and ...