coolum001
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Well, I found several things I was doing wrong. First, in the search for a weapon type, I was using a filter of 'explosive'; turns out that both 'bomb' and 'explosive' are good filters to use. Second, I now realise that I should have equipped the Dhow with an 'Explosives' weapon mount, to which I add the 'bomb' weapon record of choice. This latter step doesn't seem to be totally necessary, as you can add the 'Bomb' type weapon to the MG Mount, and it seems to work OK, but maybe down the line it wouldn't. There is indeed a USS Cole size bomb (150kg), and four such suicide boats makes a mess of the DDG. There is a Weapon Record called #92 High Explosives, type Contact Bomb - Sabotage; that seems to model a series of remote controlled IEDs triggered at the enemy's location when the enemy get with a certain range of the Weapon Mount. I had a mental image of a trebuchet on the Dhow hurling packets of Semtex at the DDG from a distance; a romantic notion but not very realistic. There is indeed a 1kT Nuke Terrorist Bomb, but that is a little too big a hammer for my needs, although it could be used to create some dire scenarios. Thanks for the help.
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