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In the list of needed additions and/or bugs to be fixed, this is pretty minor. Nevertheless, I'd like to see Firaxis give some thought to updating cruise missiles.
1) Range
Early cruise missiles (like the V1) had only a short range; the V1's fired at London came from the Pas de Calais, for example. Now, our ships in the Indian Ocean can shoot missiles at Afghanistan, several hundred miles away. I propose that the range of the missiles be increased to at least 8, if not higher.
2) Bases
Cruise missiles are carried on board ships and submarines in the real world: why aren't they carried on ships and subs in the civ world? My proposal: each aegis cruise could carry 2 cruise missiles, each nuclear submarine could carry 1.
3) Smart Weapons
Modern missiles are capable of extremley accurate attacks. Cruise missiles, along with stealth aircraft, should be allowed to execute precision strikes.
4) Sink ships
This is something that needs to be changed for all aircraft. One real world example: the Falkland Islands War in 1982. Exocet missiles fired from Argentine aircraft sank two Royal navy destroyers. Instead of just taking a ship's hit points down to one, a cruise missile should be allowed to sink an enemy warship.
Here's hoping we'll see some or all of these in an update.
1) Range
Early cruise missiles (like the V1) had only a short range; the V1's fired at London came from the Pas de Calais, for example. Now, our ships in the Indian Ocean can shoot missiles at Afghanistan, several hundred miles away. I propose that the range of the missiles be increased to at least 8, if not higher.
2) Bases
Cruise missiles are carried on board ships and submarines in the real world: why aren't they carried on ships and subs in the civ world? My proposal: each aegis cruise could carry 2 cruise missiles, each nuclear submarine could carry 1.
3) Smart Weapons
Modern missiles are capable of extremley accurate attacks. Cruise missiles, along with stealth aircraft, should be allowed to execute precision strikes.
4) Sink ships
This is something that needs to be changed for all aircraft. One real world example: the Falkland Islands War in 1982. Exocet missiles fired from Argentine aircraft sank two Royal navy destroyers. Instead of just taking a ship's hit points down to one, a cruise missile should be allowed to sink an enemy warship.
Here's hoping we'll see some or all of these in an update.
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