Is it possible to model suicide boats in HCCE? Essentially a platform that delivers a short range, high damage attack and then sinks. Both Al Qeda and the Tamil Tigers have used this strategy navally. Could it work?

I haven't yet tried to create a "suicide boat" of the type you describe, but the HCDB does have a nuclear armed merchant ship that will deliver a nuclear weapon with a very short range that destroys the delivering ship upon detonation.

 

So it's easy to create a boat with very short range non-nuclear weaponry; the only question is whether the boat itself would be destroyed in the process of delivering the weapon.

Here's a thought, what if you made it a short range 'nuke' with very low damage? Something that would be enough to sink the delivery boat but only damage a target ship? I'm just wondering if Nukes automatically kill anything they hit.

 

Of course you'd have to grant nuclear release for that to work, but if you wanted to simulate such an attack it would seem to be a means to the end.

Hmm. Are nukes scaleable in any way? Can you have a real small one that would do enough damage to destroy a small boat within .1 mile but still do a variable amount of damage (still significant) to the target?

weaponry; the only question is whether the boat itself would be destroyed in the process of delivering the weapon.

Hi Brad,

 

remember the problem with depth charges having a minimum range of 0.

They blow up the unit firing them if the sub is too close!

 

Regardss René