Weapon range rings--what do they mean?

[ExMachina]

Is there no option to set torpedo run parameters?

I know that you can do this in Command once they're launched. However, I am not aware of a way to PRE-set them before launch.

[Dimitris]

ORIGINAL: Echo
Limiting the range to 6nm for a Mk48 ADCAP is...silly, and pretty much defangs the whole U.S. sub fleet. Mk48 ADCAP can be fired at slow run speed, below the layer, and the target will not detect it until it too late. The target may NEVER detect it if its set to run passively. Do target automaticly detect torpedos irregardless of their sensor package. Is there no option to set torpedo run parameters?

Let's say we set this to e.g. 20nm, and the AI fires it at this range and 90-95% of the time misses because at this distance even small angular inaccuracies mean a big actual distance, so by the time the torp gets into vicinity the target is well outside acquisition range. So everyone and their grandma comes to this forum and posts something like "my torpedoes miss all the time, is this a bug?".

Will you be here? Will you step forward and post "Yes, I'm to blame. I asked for this because I didn't know what I was getting into" ?

Will you walk the walk?

[ComDev]

Soviet doctrine said never launch a torp beyond 13k yards or so, even for the super-heavy torps.