timber trench
One of the cluster variants : A or B (preferably A variant imo). Functionally a heavy, GPS-guided, cluster glide bomb. Flies over it's target and dispenses it's submunitions in a line over it.
Would make fore a great tool in DEAD. Although it's raw size and weight means few can be carried, just like the cruise missile.
kind ferry
YES.
YES.
YES.
limit it to the 24 and 45 since the 26 and 55 along with 42 can use CBUs?
timber trench
it makes a lot of sense for the 24 since it's often used as a SEAD/DEAD wepon IRL
it's one of the few weapons availible to the EA-18G
kind ferry
Yeah
balmy stag
This would be GODLY
kind ferry
So I've been thinking, the JSOW2.0
Rough estimate range in game: 40 Mile Range (30 Mile Burn, ~10 mile glide)
it could cruise at near Mach 1.5 speeds similar to the AGM161 does
wouldn't it be so fun to just send this over an airfield and watch it DECIMATE it?
timber trench
so a cruise missile, not a glide bomb
kind ferry
so a cruise missile, not a glide bomb
yes
wanton torrent
Having it be a glide bomb would be pretty interesting, especially if you’d have to lob it. Would be even cooler if you could have it drop several munitions over different targets too! Would for sure be more expensive, but would lead to many interesting playstyles.
Would probably need a new MFD page if you’d need to designate where waypoints are versus targets, kinda like the decoys
wanton torrent
Oh ok
kind ferry
Having it be a glide bomb would be pretty interesting, especially if you’d have ...
I was thinking it’d just be a CBU97 but more powerful and behaves like a 161
wet timber
CAGM with a cruise stage
kind ferry
CAGM with a cruise stage
yes
but with a lot more submunitions
And GPS guided instead
wet timber
$20,000,000 weapon
kind ferry
😭
wet timber
is an optical targeting system more/less expensive than GPS
i think GPS-INS would be cheaper
balmy stag
I was thinking it’d just be a CBU97 but more powerful and behaves like a 161
Nah it shouldn’t be a smart cluster bomb it should just rain hell the kinda stuff that children walk on 40 years later
wet timber
yikes
timber trench
multiple target cruise missile (i.e a bomber drone lol) reminds me of this : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_Low_Altitude_Missile
Giant nuclear powered cruise missile that would drop nukes on 16 targets
wanton torrent
I was thinking it’d just be a CBU97 but more powerful and behaves like a 161
Honestly a CBU-97 that behaves like a GBU-39 would be more unique but I hear ya
kind ferry
Honestly a CBU-97 that behaves like a GBU-39 would be more unique but I hear ya
I’d enjoy having range 😭
I want a stand off missile
:(
kind ferry
(We have to limit its range in game)
timber trench
i think it can be quite good, because it’s big you can’t carry many
so really it’s more of an alternative to the 161
less range, but cluster
and no terminal guidance
wanton torrent
I’d enjoy having range 😭
You already loiter at 70K ft what more range could you want
kind ferry
You already loiter at 70K ft what more range could you want
What
No tf I dont
💀
I loiter at 20-36500
kind ferry
so really it’s more of an alternative to the 161
This
balmy stag
Giant nuclear powered cruise missile that would drop nukes on 16 targets
Haven’t we signed a treaty that makes it so we can only have 1 nuke per missile or does that only apply to ICBM’s
timber trench
Haven’t we signed a treaty that makes it so we can only have 1 nuke per missile ...
pretty sure ICBMs have multiple warheads, plus fake ones
this is from the 50s tho, pre ICBM
balmy stag
pretty sure ICBMs have multiple warheads, plus fake ones
They certainly can but I’m pretty sure we signed sumin, Russia agreed too
timber trench
They certainly can but I’m pretty sure we signed sumin, Russia agreed too
rules no-one can enforce don’t matter
i don’t know how respected that is you know
balmy stag
rules no-one can enforce don’t matter
Treaties do matter people wouldn’t bother if they didn’t and it seems to be included under the new start act not specifically but the limit or warheads is pretty close to the limit of ICBM’s not giving much space for many warheads per icbm
Okay to be more specific we are allowed 2200 nuclear warheads no limits on how many ICBM’s but there are limits on how many launchers if I understand this properly
onyx egret