Atomic bombs over Tokyo

[rustysi]

Alas, I believe this thinking is changing these days. Lots of scenario presentations about how a response to small scale tactical nuclear weapons would pan out, particularly if initial targets were military targets and the nominal yield used was small and controlled.

A very dangerous perception.[:(]

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Does anyone know if the atomic bomb 'delivery' mission can be intercepted by CAP? Wouldn't that be a bummer...[X(]

I've never seen an example of it happening.

[Yaab]

Since Allied incendiary bombs are not represented in WITP:AE, the atomic rule would mean that Tokyo gets a sort of double indemnity from destruction.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Yaab

Since Allied incendiary bombs are not represented in WITP:AE, the atomic rule would mean that Tokyo gets a sort of double indemnity from destruction.

I don't agree with your first assertion. I have achieved firestorms up to ONE MILLION during Superfort raids. When you select "Manpower attack", I think the game allows extra fire effects to represent incendiaries. I certainly never get high fire levels bombing anything else.

[Yaab]

Still, forty 500lb incendiary cluster bombs in one B-29 = 1520 M69 incendiary bomblets

100 B29s = 152,000 bomblets

M-69 incendiary bomb assembled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPteVZyF4U0

I guess WITP:AE engine is too limited to enable the special loadouts.

[1275psi]

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Does anyone know if the atomic bomb 'delivery' mission can be intercepted by CAP? Wouldn't that be a bummer...[X(]

I've never seen an example of it happening.

A long time ago in the little ship that could, my CAP damaged the B-29, and the bomb aimed at Tokyo
DID NO DAMAGE AT ALL........i wrote that it missed to explain that.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: 1275psi

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Does anyone know if the atomic bomb 'delivery' mission can be intercepted by CAP? Wouldn't that be a bummer...[X(]

I've never seen an example of it happening.

A long time ago in the little ship that could, my CAP damaged the B-29, and the bomb aimed at Tokyo
DID NO DAMAGE AT ALL........i wrote that it missed to explain that.

I remember that - the Emperor was in the wrong spot at the wrong time ... and the war went on without him.
The lack of fighter escort for the A-bomb missions IRL shows how completely helpless the Japanese air force was to conduct a decent defence.