Re: Patriot SAM poor performance
2 RoF was in my guess that someone do not deplete the missiles with cheap crafts before using the strikes, overflowing the system in one turn.
Maybe thats why wikipedia tells me US have been prepared with a Patriot system with 16 Missiles. Still quite weak if they do not fire in the first place. Seems quite hard to believe that modern SAM systems have real function only against planes that have been outdated 20-30 years ago, but it is possible as i do not have any real knowledge about the subject.
Maybe it is like so that there are no countermeasures against modern planes or even against 10-20 year old planes and it is the superior system with no weaknesses. If i have understood right world wars were more or less decided with them too.
That is probably something the worlds top scientists who have specialized in warfare are trying their hardest to overcome.
With a common mind it should seem realistic that missiles have an advantage over planes. They are faster after all and cheaper to produce. The planes main function in the modern era is also to launch missiles, so i do not find a reason why it matters from which platform they are launched. Shouldnt it be basically the same technology, the ground target is stationary and the air target is moving, is the (crucial ?) difference.
Maybe there could be a ground vehicle that shoots PGM type missiles. Submarines and sea vessels at least probably do.
Most likely the modern era is not realisticly simulated in any game, and there are lots of factors no one are aware of.
Last edited by Isto; March 15th, 2020 at 08:27 PM..
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