How is the Harpoon in Modern Warships? Analysis of the Harpoon Air Defense System in the Modern Warships Mobile Game

The modern warship's anti-aircraft gun mechanism has been revamped recently, with most close-in weapon systems (CIWS) seeing a reduction in projectile spread and an increase in range. For missile-based air defense, the guidance performance and proximity fuse distance have also been adjusted, and the Harpoon has also been modified. So, how is the modern warship's Harpoon? This air defense system includes both guns and missiles, with adjustments made to the maximum speed, single-shot damage, proximity fuse distance, and magazine capacity for the guns, while the single-shot damage of the missiles has been significantly increased.

Specific changes include: for the guns, the maximum speed increased from 680.9 knots to 729.6 knots, single-shot damage increased from 30 to 40, proximity fuse distance increased from 16.7m to 20m, and magazine capacity decreased from 75 to 50. For the missiles, the single-shot damage saw a significant increase, going up from 325 to 600.

The Harpoon is characterized by its fast reload and long range. Using the Type 055 destroyer as a test example, it took 15 seconds to shoot down an attack aircraft and 26 seconds to take down a bomber.

For missile interception tests, Sparrowhawk at 9 kilometers, theoretically intercepts 9, but actually 0. At 6 kilometers, theoretically intercepts 9, but actually 0. BrahMos, theoretically intercepts 6, but actually 0; at 6 kilometers, theoretically intercepts 9, but actually 0. The poor missile interception rate may be due to latency issues, or possibly because of the weakening of target acquisition, which can cause some tracking issues when shooting down aircraft.

In summary, under the new air defense mechanism, the majority of the damage is done by the guns. After the nerf, missiles are more likely to experience tracking issues when shooting down aircraft. They can only effectively engage targets within a certain range, beyond which they easily lose track. In terms of missile air defense, currently, only the Spade has a significant advantage, while others are relatively average.

This concludes the introduction on how the modern warship's Harpoon performs. Although the guns in this air defense system have been comprehensively enhanced and the single-shot damage of the missiles has seen a significant increase, the changes to the air defense mechanism have severely reduced the missile's tracking ability. Don't expect to quickly shoot down aircraft.