Can we see a specific example save that demonstrates this?


Load any plane with a HARM in the editor with a SAM site. Descend to 6,000ft and you'll see that you can launch at the edge of the range circle. Ascend to 36,000 ft, and you'll see that the range circle does not change, and you can ...

thewood1 wrote: Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:28 pm I am pretty sure altitude effect on weapon range was added a long time ago. The devs would have to confirm.

I tested it yesterday, and it hasn't been added for these weapons.

That should all be included in the database and the weapons modelling, right? If you can shoot them, shoot them.


No, it's not included in the weapon modelling. All that matters is whether or not you have line of sight to the target and therefore whether or not you can detect the target's ...

Hey guys,

I'm trying to conduct realistic SEAD operations, but I don't know much about the Shrike or HARM. In real life, is there a minimum altitude for their use, and what is their range when fired at low altitude?

Hey guys,

I have been trying to execute SM-3 intercepts against the DF-26. Other than the SBX radar, no sensor seems to work. The SBSS satellite seems to provide 'insufficient tracking data for BMD engagement' throughout the entire flight. Regardless, SBSS is described as an 'experimental ...

You've made some really hand-wavy assumptions about what you can/can't target. Why can't you target the launchers? Why can't you target the munitions stores, or manufacturing locations? Why can't you evade detection? Why can't you target the sensors or kill chain supporting the launchers? At ...

So far in the coverage of the Yemen crisis, I have seen no discussion of what seems to me to be the largest and most obvious implication: that the same weapons can be used by China to enforce its blockade, with no apparent counter available to allied forces at this time. If there is no good counter ...

There are several videos on DCS on YT that show the complete disconnection from physics modeling on SAM launches. CMO's devs have been working on this for 5-6 years at least. And they have gotten very good at it. Is it perfect...no. But its probably the best of an combat simulator out there ...

Comms is always going to be the key. Even with modern digital comms, there are serious integration issues in any kill chain.


Could you explain why comms is so much more of a problem for responding to anti - surface targeting information than it is for responding to a warning of a missile attack ...

Again, I have posted several articles on DCS's AI issues that would have this forum burned down if that had them in CMO.


I totally agree that DCS AI is a huge limitation, but I'm surprised you said that CMO has the advantage in 'real physics.' For instance, weapon release altitude and speed in ...

I found the CSG actually was able to defeat 36x DF-26D and 24x DF-21D which were all launched at the same time. It had support from a single Japanese Aegis DDG which in real life would be nearby. The missiles that did make it through actually failed to lock on to the carriers and destroyers ...

Ok I'll pitch in my 2 cents.
how much confidence can we place in Command's portrayal of the DF-26 and opposing BMD, as of this year?

Some of these Command can model...a lot of them (as absurd as some of them sound), it cannot (and neither can any simulator on the market, probably ever).


When ...

Updated the scenario with more modern CGs and DDG weapon loadouts. I shorted the USN on SM-3s because I put the wrong CGs in. It makes pretty big difference in the CMO world. The SM-3s whittle down the DF-26s enough that the SM-6s can clean up the RVs.


Thanks for this, I'll check it out shortly ...

I did some testing to get some CMO stats to support my previous argument that target info is a crucial part of the success of an ASBM strike.


Avoiding detection by aircraft is of course possible, but it is not so easy that naval assets can expect to never be detected while escorting or ...

This movement method, when compared to the actual tests that you mentioned, may mean that the CMO version mirrors that of real life. Drastically changing the target's direction and speed really helps. I sincerely wish that CMO would, at the very least, immediately change the speed to FLANK speed ...

Thus without extensive anti-satellite warfare, which would eliminate China's ability to target their ASBMs, I'm not sure how the US would ever be able to get carriers or other naval assets into the area without coming under attack.


Regarding your last point - a relatively more lethal anti ...

There have been two fictional naval books that included ASBM combat that I know of. The Dan Lenson books by David Poyer and the Tipping Point books by John O'Brien. The books are OK from a plot and character perspective, but both have very good and credible modern naval, air, and land combat. I ...

Note that this only applies to the present day situation. The US and Japan have plans to build a hypersonic interceptor, and this will change the game once again when it becomes operational in the 2030s. We just have to hope war doesn't break out soon (or ever).


Thank you for the detailed ...

I have been testing the various ASBMs against defensive systems and it seems pretty evident that, as far as Command represents it, the advantage of the conventional ASBM over the defence is overwhelming, as is the advantage of the ASBM in terms of cost efficiency vis a vis all other weapons. A ...

Yeah, if anyone knows how far the Strike Eagle can actually carry those 5 LRASMs, that would be great to know, too.

Edit: For anyone who wants to know, I just ran a quick test in DCS using the AI model (I don't own the aircraft, so make of that what you will.) Carrying a load of 12x CBU-97, 2 ...