20 thoughts on “Could A Single Modern LHA & Cruiser Have Won The Battle Of The Coral Sea? (Naval Battle 99) | DCS”
I have to push back: maybe people skip the briefing, but I love the briefing. Context is important, and so is knowing the intent. Especially before railing on people in the comments. You best not stop doing them damn it. 😅❤
"Cap you idiot!", AV-8B Harrier II will be retired by 2025 as an active fleet aircraft. They were previously intended to serve as long as 2030 and were refreshed accordingly, but plans change with budget considerations. The F-35B in Beast Mode with the multi-function gun pod should have been used. There also should have been more Blue force aircraft as the LHA America would be expected to serve as a "Lightning Carrier" in an actual conflict. I'm assuming the Bots couldn't be equipped with the Harrier II?
Cap, have an idea for you! In the 1980s, an F-15E piloted by an Israeli pilot collided with an A-6 Avenger, and lost a wing. But rather than go dowm, the pilot basically ignited afterburners, and landed the plane at twice landing speed, and managed to stop with 15 feet of runway left. Think you or your boys could do the same thing, and succeed like the Israeli pilot did?
The second scenario is that of an A-10 that got hit by an RPG-7 in Eastern Baghdad in 2005. The pilot, "KC" Campbell, managed to fly 90 minutes back to base, on purely mechanical control, and with only one engine. Again, think you or your boys could succeed flying an injured A-10 on only one engine, and no hydraulics?
Should of kept the 5 mine sweepers, 2 mine layers, 3 gunboats, oiler, 12 transports ships of the Japanese to make the work harder in terms of targeting.
Just a quick note CAP out in the mid-ocean the shark I would be afraid of most is the Oceanic White Tip even Jacques Cousteau called it the most dangerous of all sharks… The Whitetip is also thought to be the shark most responsible for the death of sailors from the USS Indianapolis and near South Africa, it's a global warm water shark, RMS Nova Scotia was sunk by a uboat and many of the deaths where attributed to the Whitetip… but great video by you all…
Fun fact: Lexington was never sunk, Japan just kept thinking they sunk it, and then it would be back attacking them later. It's a museum ship now, i drive right by it every day.
Could you imagine being on that simulated IJN fleet? You're prepped for action, the strike force is away, then you get the action warning once the radars have picked up all six (!) incoming fighters. Obviously a recon element; that's an impossibly weak strike force. You can only barely see the alien-looking planes and can barely hear them. They start orbiting at the extreme range of your big guns, but no one is going to waste time on throwing flak through the 120mm dual-purpose cannon for single aircraft, especially when there's already a CAP going.
Then, suddenly, one after the other in the span of a few minutes, all those carriers you're escorting explode as single quadruple-weight bombs blow giant holes in them amidships. The entire Fifth Carrier Division, bloop, gone.
And the fighters leave after chucking a couple more bombs for good measure, and because that cruiser over there clearly offended their sensibilities or something. No frenetic close-in shooting, no forest of salt-spray pillars from dozens of misses, just… some tense moments waiting, a quick metaphorical punch to the face, and over.
I have to push back: maybe people skip the briefing, but I love the briefing. Context is important, and so is knowing the intent. Especially before railing on people in the comments. You best not stop doing them damn it. 😅❤
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Let's Go Brandon!
Let’s go Brandon!
Ya i love Dark Brandon too simba 🙂 <3
let's go brandon!
"Cap you idiot!", AV-8B Harrier II will be retired by 2025 as an active fleet aircraft. They were previously intended to serve as long as 2030 and were refreshed accordingly, but plans change with budget considerations. The F-35B in Beast Mode with the multi-function gun pod should have been used. There also should have been more Blue force aircraft as the LHA America would be expected to serve as a "Lightning Carrier" in an actual conflict. I'm assuming the Bots couldn't be equipped with the Harrier II?
Lets go Brandon! nicely done
If fought today, subs would sink the carriers before they even had a chance to launch their first aircraft.
The air wing would then mop up.
How much money do I have to throw at the DCS devs to make a space version of this?
F35.
Cap, have an idea for you! In the 1980s, an F-15E piloted by an Israeli pilot collided with an A-6 Avenger, and lost a wing. But rather than go dowm, the pilot basically ignited afterburners, and landed the plane at twice landing speed, and managed to stop with 15 feet of runway left. Think you or your boys could do the same thing, and succeed like the Israeli pilot did?
The second scenario is that of an A-10 that got hit by an RPG-7 in Eastern Baghdad in 2005. The pilot, "KC" Campbell, managed to fly 90 minutes back to base, on purely mechanical control, and with only one engine. Again, think you or your boys could succeed flying an injured A-10 on only one engine, and no hydraulics?
Should of kept the 5 mine sweepers, 2 mine layers, 3 gunboats, oiler, 12 transports ships of the Japanese to make the work harder in terms of targeting.
I enjoyed that immensely. Note every mistake cost you an aircraft.
Just a quick note CAP out in the mid-ocean the shark I would be afraid of most is the Oceanic White Tip even Jacques Cousteau called it the most dangerous of all sharks… The Whitetip is also thought to be the shark most responsible for the death of sailors from the USS Indianapolis and near South Africa, it's a global warm water shark, RMS Nova Scotia was sunk by a uboat and many of the deaths where attributed to the Whitetip… but great video by you all…
Fun fact: Lexington was never sunk, Japan just kept thinking they sunk it, and then it would be back attacking them later. It's a museum ship now, i drive right by it every day.
Could you imagine being on that simulated IJN fleet? You're prepped for action, the strike force is away, then you get the action warning once the radars have picked up all six (!) incoming fighters. Obviously a recon element; that's an impossibly weak strike force. You can only barely see the alien-looking planes and can barely hear them. They start orbiting at the extreme range of your big guns, but no one is going to waste time on throwing flak through the 120mm dual-purpose cannon for single aircraft, especially when there's already a CAP going.
Then, suddenly, one after the other in the span of a few minutes, all those carriers you're escorting explode as single quadruple-weight bombs blow giant holes in them amidships. The entire Fifth Carrier Division, bloop, gone.
And the fighters leave after chucking a couple more bombs for good measure, and because that cruiser over there clearly offended their sensibilities or something. No frenetic close-in shooting, no forest of salt-spray pillars from dozens of misses, just… some tense moments waiting, a quick metaphorical punch to the face, and over.
Let’s go Brandon 😂😂😂
And why exactly are you using GBU to bomb a ship instead of Harpoons? The zero's wouldn't even see you
No mercy in this game