Posted by: Marski
« on: April 23, 2012, 02:31:12 PM »That's some deadly art right there
Unfortunately, this is not how it works. The mine flushes its missiles when it sees a valid target, but does not give a target to the submunitions. The submunitions will then go after any target that they can see. If they can't see anything, they'll just sit there. This is why it's usually recommended to build your mines and your submunitions with the same sensors.I remember steve saying that when sensors on a mine see a hostile contact, they launch their missiles at that spot. The missiles will need active sensors to actually start homing in on it though.
(Or at least, that's how it worked the last time I checked.)
The initial sensor on the mine itself is a thermal one, the submunition has an active sensor. I believe the way it works is that the mine sends the missile at the contact it detects, and it is up to onboard sensors on the missile to find how much the target has moved since it was launched by said mine.Unfortunately, this is not how it works. The mine flushes its missiles when it sees a valid target, but does not give a target to the submunitions. The submunitions will then go after any target that they can see. If they can't see anything, they'll just sit there. This is why it's usually recommended to build your mines and your submunitions with the same sensors.