What's up with missles and torpedoes?

Suicide Junkie · #1 June 13th, 2001, 02:54 AM

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Why should the damage done by a missle or torpedo decrease with distance? The warhead should not change with distance

The only missile that loses power over distance is the plasma missile.
That's because its warhead decays, or is used to help propel the torpedo to the extra-high speeds.

Phoenix-D · #2 June 13th, 2001, 06:10 AM

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Originally posted by sunzoner:
The speed-firepower trade off is consistent as in RL.
The further a missile/torp flies, the weaker the firepower.
The icbm is a missle that carries very little firepower, except the Nuke type.
Thus the torp having a better reload rate and a faster speed needs to be weaker in term of firepower.
The decision is for the user/player to choose between getting too close or fire from a distance.
Granted that the US is going into long/extreme-long range weapons, I say the long distance-weak firepower weapons is popular in RL.

1st: I have NEVER heard of a non-nuclear ICBM. They're simply too inaccurate for anything else.
2nd: many weapons actually gain power as they gain effective range- cannons for example.
3rd: give examples, right now I'm seeing so many holes in your idea it's not even funny

Tommahawk cruise missile:
1,000lb warhead, range 600 miles
AGM-84 Harpooon/SLAM:
488 pound warhead, range 60 miles

AIM-7:
90 pound warhead, range 30 miles
AIM-54 Phoenix:
135 pound warhead, range >100 miles

Seems to contradict your idea..

Phoenix-D