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Originally Posted by PL_Harpoon
You may be right. It just seems logical to me that the longer a missile is in flight the greater the chance that it will be discovered and the more time the enemy has to prepare before it reaches its target.
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TLAM are suppose to be programmed to avoid all know sensor and populated area but given Murphy's hand in everything. I'm sure there's always a chance that it could be observed by some previously unknown mobile radar or even an alert ground troop. But unlike in the game, communication is not instant, even if they manage to get a positive track, by the time they check the chart and figured out where it's headed (providing it's on the final leg). The alert may not get there in time (an army field unit probably will not have a direct communication link with the air force or navy without bouncing the alert to their regional HQ which in turn to have past the info further down the chain).