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From: jch@public.BTR.COM (Jack Hwang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: harpoon
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Date: 5 May 91 03:15:13 GMT
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In article <1991Apr29.164547.16179@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> pss4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Paul S Shannon) writes:

>hunting scenarios extremely difficult.  Also, the USSR defense against
>the Carrier Battle Group seems just about impossible, since the F-14s
>shoot down your attack planes before they can find the Nato force, and
>the Mainstays have no surface search radar (this totally sucks, and I sort
>pity the Soviet commander that has to find a ship).

If I were you, I would try to lure all F-14s out and kill all of them
before sending out ASW planes to search for NATO carrier group.  Used
the following tactics:

1. Send out a Mainstay fly south slowly to probe for NATO air combat patrols.
2. Positioned two pairs of Su-27 in front of Mainstay.  All planes should
   be at hight alt. and radar on.
3. Turn on the range circle option to show the best air to air missles range
   of both side.
4. With all the radar on, F-14s can be easily identified before your Su-27
   enter their AIM-54 range.
5. Stay at the margin.  Whenever F-14s shoot AIM-54 to you, dove for very
   low level and back out of its reach.  Most Phoenix will drop before reach
   you.  Even if you reacted not fast enought to clear, a change of altitude
   from high to vlow will make AIM-54 losing the track. (They were aiming at
   a high alt. target).
6. After luring F-14s to use out of all Phoenix, you can come in for a kill.
   Your AA-10 will outrange their remaining AIM-9.

Remember, there are only 24 Tomcats in NATO carrier group.  They seemed to
commit the similar mistake as Japanese in Midway -- holding valuable assests
(F-18s) for a ground attack instead of using them to deal with the other
threats.

My best record was 5 to 24.  One was lost in very low alt. flying.  Two
to out of fuels.  Only two todogfight. 

Jack