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In message , Bob Urz
writes I know similar scenarios were made into a movie. But, if on Dec 1941 you had two strike eagles. Only two. Your sortie arrived at the Japanese fleet about the time 1/2 of the first wave was launched. Question 1# given the choice of any weaponry available for the F15, (even some that may not be normally used) what would your weapon load be? This is using all available hard points and taking fuel out of the equation. If you're not counting nukes, then I'd go for laser-guided bombs. Don't know what the options are for type and number of LGBs on a F-15E, but they're probably the best option for doing maximum damage off limited pylons against moving targets. Air-to-air weapons are pretty much irrelevant - you'll get maybe eight Sidewinders and 900 rounds of 20mm for two planes, so a dozen kills. Won't hurt to shoot off the AIM-9s on egress, but the priority is killing the carriers. Question #2 Given the choice of weapons above, what would your tactics be to maximize damage to the carrier fleet and prevent as many planes as possible from reaching Pearl. (while saving your own butt) Lofted LGBs from standoff and altitude, with one aircraft designating and the other dropping: as the weapons fly, the dropper keeps an eye for any Japanese fighters trying to claw up to engage and lets them have a Sidewinder or two in the face to dissuade them. If fuel's not a problem, then hit the carriers with one LGB at a time, from ahead or astern and targetting elevators for maximum disruption. That should rapidly eliminate their flying capabilities and give a good chance of causing catastrophic damage. Resist the temptation to come in and strafe afterwards: they'll still have a lot of barrage AAA and you can't do enough damage to justify the risk. Warning Pearl might be a problem by radio, but a few high-speed flypasts and some strafing runs shooting up the water off Battleship Row should alert Oahu that *something* is unusual and heightened alert would be wise. If you want to go air-to-air with the attackers, waiting until they're nearly at Pearl might be the best idea in order to disrupt and confuse their attack even if you can't kill many of them. Now there would have to be a balance between destroying the carriers from future use and destroying the attacking planes that have already left the carrier. Kill the carriers: with the carriers gone, so is the strike force and its irreplaceable pilots. Have it it. Hang as much on the plane as you can. But when your out of munitions, what other tactics could you use? Get on the ground, and prepare to be *very* persuasive - your knowledge of history is a vital weapon if you can persuade anyone to believe you ![]() -- He thinks too much: such men are dangerous. Julius Caesar I:2 Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk |
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![]() On Mon, 31 May 2004, Paul J. Adam wrote: -snips- Get on the ground, and prepare to be *very* persuasive - your knowledge of history is a vital weapon if you can persuade anyone to believe you ![]() I would think two F-15s sitting on the tarmack at HIckham would lend a certain credibility. Cheers and all, |
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![]() Bill Shatzer wrote: On Mon, 31 May 2004, Paul J. Adam wrote: -snips- Get on the ground, and prepare to be *very* persuasive - your knowledge of history is a vital weapon if you can persuade anyone to believe you ![]() I would think two F-15s sitting on the tarmack at HIckham would lend a certain credibility. Cheers and all, I think two F-15's at hickham in 1941 would have been the equivalent of seeing aliens at roswell....... ![]() Bob -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Bob Urz wrote in message ...
Bill Shatzer wrote: On Mon, 31 May 2004, Paul J. Adam wrote: -snips- Get on the ground, and prepare to be *very* persuasive - your knowledge of history is a vital weapon if you can persuade anyone to believe you ![]() I would think two F-15s sitting on the tarmack at HIckham would lend a certain credibility. Cheers and all, I think two F-15's at hickham in 1941 would have been the equivalent of seeing aliens at roswell....... ![]() Heh, I was thinking the same thing. Hey, once you've gone winchester in the Beagles, do you thing the jets could slice a few of the attacking Japanese planes successfully with midair passes? ![]() |
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In message , Jeb Hoge
writes Hey, once you've gone winchester in the Beagles, do you thing the jets could slice a few of the attacking Japanese planes successfully with midair passes? ![]() Don't think so - and you want those Beagles as intact as you can for as long as you can. Be a shame to lose half your force to a golden BB by a determined rear-gunner. -- He thinks too much: such men are dangerous. Julius Caesar I:2 Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk |
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![]() writes Hey, once you've gone winchester in the Beagles, do you thing the jets could slice a few of the attacking Japanese planes successfully with midair passes? ![]() Don't think so - and you want those Beagles as intact as you can for as long as you can. Be a shame to lose half your force to a golden BB by a determined rear-gunner. -- Well if the nukes weren't disallowed you could use a one or two on the japanese fleet the chase down the the air armada and use one of the remaining nukes in a airburst close aboard |
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In article cb7vc.4394$1L4.671@okepread02, "william cogswell"
wrote: writes Hey, once you've gone winchester in the Beagles, do you thing the jets could slice a few of the attacking Japanese planes successfully with midair passes? ![]() Don't think so - and you want those Beagles as intact as you can for as long as you can. Be a shame to lose half your force to a golden BB by a determined rear-gunner. -- Well if the nukes weren't disallowed you could use a one or two on the japanese fleet the chase down the the air armada and use one of the remaining nukes in a airburst close aboard I may be getting into sensitive areas of the arming system, but it would sound like a pretty fair navigational challenge to plot the lob-toss delivery such that it detonates on, or at least in front, or a moving formation. At what altitude were the Japanese aircraft? Is there a fusing option for that height? As long as you get it in front of them, however, even if you don't knock anything down -- it's very hard for blind pilots to attack or land. |
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