CV60
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Mike-in a perfect world, your ships should not be the platforms that engages a sub. In modern naval combat (post-1970 or so), if a ship can kill a sub, the sub can kill the ship. And in that scenario, the odds favor the sub. If a ship has a towed array sonar, it should use that to detect the submarine at long range, and then help vector airborne ASW assets. If it doesn't have a towed array, it can still be useful if it has an embarked helo. If neither of those situations exist, an escort vessel is of marginal utility in an ASW battle, other than absorbing torpedoes, escorting a HVU (high value unit), or provide some firepower against a sub-launched missile threats, or keeping SSC (surface surveillance aircraft, such as the Bear D) from getting targeting info on HVUs. On another topic, when you play "Goblins on the Doorstep" remember the following (in order of priority) : 1) Stealth is your friend 2) Stealth is your friend 3) Stealth is your friend and finally, in that scenario: 4) Stealth is your friend Elmer Fudd said it best: https://youtu.be/uzQ9kxs6RL8
< Message edited by CV60 -- 5/4/2019 8:00:17 PM >
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