fighters vs nukes

[Teddy Coalition]

I was testing with the AI, and noticed that his fighters are attacking my nukes that are dropping.

I tooled around & found out that the only way (i know) to target nukes with jets is from bases & carriers.

However once the fighters are in air & the nuke is gone, they must return, becouse the fighters themselves wont target them.

My question is, do they do any damage vs nukes? I noticed in the info bar that their chances are zero, but still I thought that maybe...

Anyways, can they destroy nukes in mid air? and if so, how many hits (from fighters) does it take? (ballpark)

[bert_the_turtle]

Use the search To the best of community knowledge, fighters can't harm nukes. People tried it with a crapload of fighters vs. one nuke without effect. People who have access to the code say it's impossible. Nobody claiming to have seen such an event was able to provide evidence.
Of course, there is the tiny chance that there is a bug somewhere that makes it possible in very rare cases for a fighter to shoot down a nuke (say, the shot ID changes from fighter shot to AA shot for some reason), but even if this was the case, it would be so rare that it would not not worth building into your strategy.

[Radiant Caligula]

Use the search To the best of community knowledge, fighters can't harm nukes. People tried it with a crapload of fighters vs. one nuke without effect. People who have access to the code say it's impossible. Nobody claiming to have seen such an event was able to provide evidence.
Of course, there is the tiny chance that there is a bug somewhere that makes it possible in very rare cases for a fighter to shoot down a nuke (say, the shot ID changes from fighter shot to AA shot for some reason), but even if this was the case, it would be so rare that it would not not worth building into your strategy.

yup.

I believe I tested this to the max. I posted the results/pics somewhere but I won't bother to dig it up.
I placed silos in Alaska and airfields in Russia along the nuke trajectories. I targeted several nukes with over 150 fighters and nothing ever happened...

[Teddy Coalition]

ok, thanks you guys, this completely answer my question. next time I won't bother & put the fighters to better use.

Thanks again.

[Duck'N'Cover]

That's OK, nukes are pretty useless against fighters too.

In DEFCON 2, are they going to have ejector seats for fighter pilots? Then maybe they could eject themselves onto the bombs and ride them as they drop, like in Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Love the Bomb.

Also they need a new movie called Dr. Queerlove and How I Learned to Love the Bum.

[xander]

...In DEFCON 2...

Obligatory "Everyone knows that Defcon 2 would suck---you can't use nukes until Defcon 1."

xander

[Zorotama]

well, i know that it's impossible but i've seen it. Ya, probably a rare bug, but i've seen it. Now i have to return in my lunatic asylum...but i've seen it.

[iRadiated]

sometimes radars get destroyed before defcon1 if a fighter happens to get destroyed by AA fire just as it happens to pass over a radar.

Same principle as your subs getting destroyed when something above the surface directly overhead gets destroyed.

[Prof.Falken]

I agree splash damage really suck's and should be fixed.

For example enemy nuke's fly over my silo's my silo's destroy the enemy nuke's however the destroyed nuke's damage my silo's.

It pisses me off a lot.

[xander]

I agree splash damage really suck's and should be fixed.

What is there to fix? The game is behaving as intended...

xander

[antojames]

Here are the facts there is over 500 million men in China
Europes total population is 731 million. That would mean unless Europe is one big sausage fest then China has more bodies to lose in a war.


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[Admiral Yoshi]

Here are the facts there is over 500 million men in China
Europes total population is 731 million. That would mean unless Europe is one big sausage fest then China has more bodies to lose in a war.


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Wait...are we talking to a spammer?

[bert_the_turtle]

No, you are, and you are QUOTING HIS SPAM LINKS. Fail.

[Admiral Yoshi]

No, you are, and you are QUOTING HIS SPAM LINKS. Fail.

Oh dammit....that was a fail.....didn't know that!!!

[Synapse]

the spammer is very interesting ...is europe a sausagefest?