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09-07-14, 01:50 PM | #1 |
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It is an atomic bomb
I'm playing the new scenario Wargasm
Now and then the rusky's send some vampire to wards my town and now and then I get a white messages saying that SS-9 a.s.o have missed one of my town by 0.8 nm ?? OK I'm not any expert on nuclear explosion or the effect on the impact if it hits right on target or miss the target by 0.2 to maybe 4 nm or more Shouldn't the bomb go off anyway bulls eyes or not? and shouldn't the damage to a town be severe whatever it is a direct hit or a miss by some miles. Of course a direct hit should destroy the City and a miss should I could understand if it was some ordinary bombs from an airplane. Just a thought. Markus |
09-07-14, 09:41 PM | #2 | |
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Just my read on the scenario. If you also note, the 9 US ICBM's will also produce accuracy errors and failure reports. This was probably why we often targeted many structures with more than 1 ICBM, to account for equipment failures. |
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09-08-14, 01:45 AM | #3 | |
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Next time you get a near-miss message about a nuclear warhead observe the target area. Unless there is a malfunction, you should still see the nuclear blast. Thanks. |
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09-08-14, 01:54 AM | #4 | |
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Does the white explosion only show if a successful nuclear detonation occurs? I noticed when I use droppable nukes from the B-52's, I see the white explosion, but with ICBM's and Hound Dogs, I just get the exploding star effect. Also, you're right about reading the messages about the impact. I have seen about 30% malfunction and the others stating they are missing by xxx# of meters/feet. Does the era, 1960's modify the dice roll, factoring in malfunctions more so than say a late 20th century scenario? Thanks for the clarification. Matt BTW, really love this scenario and Deter, Defend and ???(forgot the last part of the name) really showcase the challenges of identifying your targets and successfully shooting them down. Thanks for including them in the scenario package. |
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09-08-14, 12:19 PM | #6 |
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It also happens that I get the message
....SS-9 or one of my own have malfunction I guess that in the early days of the atomic bomb, the bomb wasn't that trustworthy about missing the target by ft or miles Before I saved and closed the game yesterday I waited for one of my missile(Hound Dog I think the name was) it missed the target by 2000-and something ft and didn't explode whatsoever I had the time on 15 sec I could understand if the bomb had a malfunction A thought: Did America and Russia have some kind of safety-thing on their atomic-missile or bomb? So if the missile or bomb missed the target by more than...it wouldn't go off. Markus |
09-09-14, 06:14 PM | #7 |
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Played a few hours Wargasm and thereafter I closed the game
Reason Only 2 of my ICBM hit their targets and exploded the other either malfunction or missed the target by so and so many ft or mn and didn't explode Send a lot of Hound dog from my B-52's Some of them were shot down by SAM's- expected Rest either malfunction or missed the target...and didn't explode whatsoever. No i didn't save the game. I know that the Hound dog has a PoH about 70 % that mean that some of them should hit the target and explode Markus |
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