Hi All,

This pod (ALQ-248 AOEW ES pod) starting in 2021 can be loaded onto an MH-60R but the stat line doesn't give any kind of clutter value it just says "Detects location and course of TARH msls? Possibly create false targets". How should I interpret this game play wise? Should it be able to detect incoming TARH's at whatever the radar horizon is? Can I use it to make a false signature of say a B size ship for example?

Thank you all for you help in advance btw. Really appreciate this community!

My guess is the pod is just Electronic Support (ES) which passively detects hostile radars but does not provide jamming or active detection.  Several Google results show it has the ability to passively detect and locate incoming Anti-Ship Missiles in conjuction with ship-based ES/EW.  So far it does not appear the pod has any jamming capability.

But if the MH-60R already has a Gen 3 ES system and a datalink to its ship does the pod really do anything then? It game terms that is, I'm sure in real life it has a still yet classified use.

It probably represents a more sophisticated way to passively track ASMs using sensors on both the ship and helo.  The pod may have a computer that can calculate ASM movement more precisely due to helo movement and ES crossfix.  In game terms it won't mean much until we learn more about it does its business.