Challenging it is, and fun! [:D]
It is hard but doable, i claim 4 escorts sunk or heavily damaged against 4-6 losses. I might be able to reduce losses after learning from my first attempt.
- The swedes are still refueling from my tankers, that caused the loss of 3 of my aircraft.
- Since Norway is already on board with that sub you may wanna use their
ECM Falcon 20 instead of the EC-130, doesn't matter though.
- Russian ECM and AEW aircraft are way too close imo, bringing them very close to danger and also making the attack much harder.
- Submarines totally dominate the battle. They are often quite shallow running their diesels, but still remain undetected and kill everything with no losses. I think a single 212 firing single torpedoes per target could do the job all alone.
Using LGB is a bit awkward with that pesky unrealistic 10000 ft min launch altitude, but it works with buddylasing. Using Mk82 Air is a nono, wouldnt use it with escorts still up, if at all.
Windows 7 64; Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz; 6144MB RAM; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970;
In 2013 the unit switched to Tornado ECR, specializing in SEAD. The Kormorant 2 missile was replaced by GBU-54, apparently.