Solved HARMs disappearing inside Patriot range
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Spooked due to being smacked by a patriot on TvT without warning at 90nm, I tried to employ my HARMs out of harm’s way (pun intended ). At least 1 of these looked like it had the energy to make it to the target but they both disappeared once we were 80nm separated. Is this a core problem or is my tactic incompatible with the player bubble?
ACMI of HARMs vanishing here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cpzfmDsVO9OWrWzI49bGxuP5-JjS-kjR/view?usp=sharing
Proof of patriot engaging over 90nm:
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Main weapon to engage Patriot batteries should be Delilah MITL missiles. But TBH I never tried anything personally since the code of self-protecting SAMs so no idea how much effective it will today. If that doesn’t work then maybe a planned attack of Delilah from a couple of directions and matching times in order to maybe saturate the battery.
BMS just became much more realistic with those HARMs not being a magic weapons anymore
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I suspect the patriot battery has engaged the HARM. Haven’t had chance to d/l your acmi tape, but it’s worth having a look to see.
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The HARM has a battery that can only power it for a certain flight time. Once that battery runs out, the missile will self-destruct.
I believe you generally can’t fire HARMs at 90NM.
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Main weapon to engage Patriot batteries should be Delilah MITL missiles. But TBH I never tried anything personally since the code of self-protecting SAMs so no idea how much effective it will today. If that doesn’t work then maybe a planned attack of Delilah from a couple of directions and matching times in order to maybe saturate the battery.
BMS just became much more realistic with those HARMs not being a magic weapons anymore
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