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From: ted@cs.utexas.edu (Ted Woodward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: harpoon
Message-ID: <1398@lovelady.cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 1 May 91 05:00:07 GMT
References: <1991Apr30.213107.29355@midway.uchicago.edu>
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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In article <1991Apr30.213107.29355@midway.uchicago.edu> hui@control.uchicago.edu writes:

>    Talking about turning on sensors when missles are after you, from the
>experience with Falcon2.2, the only thing you can do is fire chaff or flare
>depending on whether missles are radar guiding or heat tracking, both
>try to confuse the missle's sensors, and there is no way one can shoot down
>an anti-air missle, so have a good lock on them won't help while give away
>one's exact location. When topedo follows your sub, is similer situation,
>one better turn his sonar off (as well as engin) and change depth, launch
>a noisy decoy will help a lot. For surface ship, I agree one can only run
>like hell away from the topedos so knowing their exact positions will help.

But that's not the point.  You may not hear all of the incoming torps, or
detect all of the incoming missiles.

You also may not detect the launching platform.  Turning on the active sensors
might get them for you.  After all, he sees you.  There is no reason to have
your sensors turned off if the bad guys can see you...


-- 
Ted Woodward (ted@cs.utexas.edu)

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