KungPao
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Joined: 4/25/2016 From: Red China Status: offline
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it depends on which scenario. In a 1970's or early 80's scenario shooting 1 or 2 rnd Harpoon is enough sink a Kolin class or a Type 051 class . you need 7 to 10 rnd to overwhelm the Type 42 or Sovremenny class' Air defence. But if you are facing modern destroy like Type 052C or Burke, well, good luck. You will probably need 100 rnd Harpoon. But there is an art of warfare called combined arms. Like cns180784 said, a combo of HARMS, Harpoons and OECM can defeat modern DDG . Please note HARMS speed is almost 4 times faster than Harpoon. So how to coordinate the attack is the tricky part. If you shoot the HARMS and Harpoons at the same time and same distance, the target ship will have enough time to defeat HARMS first, then take care of Harpoons later. My favorite tactics : fire all the Harpoons first, airplane carry HARMS stay as low as possible, follow the Harpoons to infiltrate. Wait until you see the red emission, target ship turn on their fire control radar, then you release all your HARMS. In most case, first salvo of SAM will target Harpoons , but HARMS will be shield from the damage. HARMS will bypass the Harpoons in short time and impact the target ship with very limit time for reaction, it is enough to damage the FCR. And the Harpoons will get the job done.
< Message edited by KungPao -- 9/3/2016 11:06:53 PM >
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