Air defenses unable to shoot down bombs

[FalcoGer]

Air defense systems, such as those found on ships or deployed as anti missile defenses, such as the SA-15, should be able to shoot bombs, rocket artillery and maybe even mortar rounds. Currently this is not the case and they only shoot at items that are designated missiles.

This allows weapons, that should definitely be able to be shot at, such as the AGM-62 Walleye, sneak through to ships uncontested, because it is classified as a bomb rather than a missile.

The Phalanx CIWS found on NATO ships is literally called C-RAM in it's land version, "counter rocket, artillery and mortar" and it can shoot incoming projectiles just fine, yet it can't do that on the ship?

[Northstar98]

Yep, been an issue for as long as I can remember, however I think this is WIP as its been said that the WIP LPWS will have C-RAM capability.

LPWS is essentially just a Mk 15 Phalanx Block 1B, with essentially the same characteristics. The only difference relevant to DCS is in the rounds fired (the naval version should fire Mk 244 APDS and LPWS should fire M246 HEI-T-SD or M940 MPT-SD).

Unfortunately, the naval Phalanx Block 1B fires the wrong rounds (currently fires M56 HEI-T) and has the wrong dispersion (both summed up pretty well in this thread, though note that the Mk 149 APDS is only applicable to the Forrestal's Block 1 system, other Phalanx systems in DCS are block 1Bs that fire Mk 244). Another issue is that none of the Phalanx's own sensors are currently defined.