RHS 7.9 Submarine/ASW Testing (first pass)

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el cid again
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RHS 7.9 Submarine/ASW Testing (first pass)

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For safety I did some automated testing - to see if submarines can be sunk at all?

A radical new regime is in place - one with both the increased durability of 7.8 and a wholly revised set of ASW devices -
combined with sensor review for aircraft and ships.

The good news: submarines can be sunk, but not nearly as often as before.

More good news: ASW devices work - as do bombs from aircraft - and shells from ships.

More good news: relative survivability is now more realistic - comparing classes.

More good news: DC - in particular a pattern of 2 (as used by awful ships or by many aircraft) are much more likely to damage
than to kill.

More good news: ASW TFs are more effective than other TFs.

More good news: Aircraft are relatively more likely to detect, damage or sink submarines - in particular if cought on the surface.

More good news: sensors matter - on both sides of the equation. A sub with radar is likely to submerge - where it is harder to sink.
A ship or plane with radar (or its MAD variation) is more likely to detect a sub - especially at night - than one without. Better radar (ASV is better than ASD, SG is better than SC) works better too.

Unknown: is the ASW weapon hit rate on the order of 1:1000? Do we need to multiply effectiveness by some K factor? This requires a lot of statistical data to answer. We may be in the ball park. I hope we don't need a K less than one - since the ASW mortar is rated at 1 we cannot make it less. The next smallest rating is 2 (for a pattern of 2 small DC). The hope was to get close - or below - the right values: we can always multiply by a whole number to get higher ones.

Testing will now shift to human form - so we can observe attacks.
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