SEAD Power Air Combat in the Electronic Warfare Age
The SPACEWA mod has been a personal project to see what Sea Power play like if aircraft had more accurate RWRs, ESM, DECM and countermeasures, as I noticed a lot of aircraft, mostly NATO ones had generic models that only covered a few bands mainly C-Band and X-Band when in reality most RWRs and ECMs can cover and jam a lot more bands than that. I did not change Soviet RWRs that much as I found in the game files the SPO series RWRs were actually complete and accurate, however I did change Eastern Bloc ECM and ESM.
Many aircraft have gotten their flare and chaff removed as they historically never received them or received them after 1985 such as the MiG-25BM, Su-24A, MiG-25P, MiG-25PU, SH-5, AH-1J and SH-3H.
This mod also tries to add more historically accurate sensors outside of just radio based ones such as IR camera pods to aircraft like the P-3C and S-3A which did have them around the time of game, however it removes some such as the camera system on the E-2C as it received it in a later update during the 1990s which is out of the game’s scope.
There new weapon variants added such as the AIM-54C and later model BGM-71 TOWs that utilize the new date based systems, however I would like to add more later down the line.
New additions
Aircraft
RF-4C Phantom II and RF-4B Phantom II (currently using the F-4E model)
F-4E Block 48 Phantom II
F-4G Wild Weasel V
A-7D Corsair II (USAF)
Yak-38M Forger
F-4S Phantom II (new)
MiG-27/MiG-23BM Flogger-D (new)
MiG-27M Flogger-J (new) (now the default in non modded scenarios)
MiG-27K Flogger-J2 (new)
A-6E (pre TRAM) (new)
A-6E TRAM (new)
A-6E WCSI (new) (now the default in non modded scenarios)
Su-24MR Fencer-E (new)
Su-24MP Fencer-F (new)
Weapons
AIM-7MH Sparrow III
AIM-54C Phoenix
BGM-71B, C and D TOW and I-TOW (only works for AH-1T)
Major Changes
New sensors
IR and visual search
OR-89/AA FLIR – S-3A Viking
AN/AAS-36 Infrared Detection System FLIR – P-3C Update II Orion
AN/ALR-23 – F-14A early Tomcat (IRIAF)
M65 Telescopic Sight Unit – AH-1T Improved SeaCobra
KA-56 – RF-4B Phantom II, RF-4C Phantom II
L-083 MAKU MAWS – Su-24M Fencer-D and Tu-22M2 Backfire-B
RWR
AN/ALR-45 Compass Tie – A-7E Corsair II, A-6E Intruder TRAM, AV-8C Harrier, F-4J Phantom II, F-14A Tomcat, S-3A Viking, RA-5C Vigilante, RF-4B Phantom II
AN/ALR-50 Charger Blue – A-7E Corsair II, A-6E Intruder TRAM, F-4J Phantom II, F-14A Tomcat, RA-5C Vigilante, RF-4B Phantom II
AN/ALR-67 Advanced Special Receiver – EA-6B Prowler ICAP II
AN/APR-25 – F-4D Phantom II, B-52D Stratofortress, EKA-3B Skywarrior, RA-3B Skywarrior, A-3B Skywarrior
AN/APR-26 – F-4D Phantom II
AN/APR-27 – EKA-3B Skywarrior, RA-3B Skywarrior, A-3B Skywarrior
AN/APR-36 – F-4E Phantom II
AN/APR-37 – F-4E Phantom II
AN/ALR-46(V) – F-4E Block 48 Phantom II, F-5E Tiger II, B-52G Stratofortress, RF-4C Phantom II, A-7D Corsair II
AN/ALR-56 – F-15A Eagle, F-15C Eagle
AN/APR-39 – HH-3 Jolly Green Giant, AH-1T Improved SeaCobra, CH-46 Sea Knight,
SPO-2 – Tu-95RT
SPO-3 – MiG-25BM Foxbat, MiG-25RB Foxbat, MiG-25P, MiG-25PD, MiG-25PU, H-6A Badger-A, H-6D Badger, Tu-16 Badger-A, Tu-16K Badger-G, Tu-16P Badger-L, MiG-23MS Flogger
SPO-10 – MiG-27 Flogger, Su-24A Fencer-A, Tu-22M2 Backfire-B, Yak-38 Forger, Yak-38M Forger, J-7III Fishcan, MiG-21bis Fishbed, Il-38 May, Tu-142M Bear-J
SPO-15 – P-42RLDN, P-42, Ko-45, Su-24M Fencer-D, Ko-45E EW, MiG-23MLD Flogger, MiG-23A Flogger, MiG-28 Fracture
BF – F1A Mirage, F1C Mirage, F1E Mirage
J/APR-3 – F-1, T-2
J/APR-6 – F-4EJ Phantom II
ESM
AN/ALR-59 Passive Detection System – E-2C Hawkeye
AN/ALR-47 Emitter Location System- S-3A Viking
AN-ALR-42 Set-on Instantaneous Receiver – EA-6B Prowler ICAP II
AN/ALR-66 – P-3C Update II Orion, SH-2F Sea Sprite, SH-3H Sea King
AN/APR-38 – F-4G Wild Weasel V
AN/APS-107 – F-4D Phantom II
SRS-4 – MiG-25RB Foxbat, Tu-16P Badger, Tu-95RT Bear
Kvadrat-2 – Tu-142M Bear-J
Avtomat-2 – Tu-22M2 Backfire-B
DECM
AN/ALQ-41 – EKA-3B Skywarrior, RA-5C Vigilante
AN/ALQ-51A – EKA-3B Skywarrior, RA-3B Skywarrior, RA-5C Vigilante
AN/ALQ-41 – EKA-3B Skywarrior, RA-5C Vigilante
AN/ALQ-100 – F-14A early Tomcat (IRIAF)
AN/ALQ-126A Charger Blue – A-6E TRAM Intruder, A-7E Corsair II, F-14A Tomcat, F-4J Phantom II, RF-4B Phantom II
AN/ALQ-126B Charger Blue – EA-6B ICAP II Prowler
AN/ALQ-135 – F-15A Eagle, F-15C Eagle
EL/L-8231 – F-4E Phantom II Kurnass
SPS-2 – Tu-95RT Bear
SPS-151 – MiG-25 RB Foxbat, Tu-16P Badger
SPS-161 – Su-24A Fencer-A
SPS-162 – Su-24M Fencer-D
SPS-132 – Yak-38 Forger, Yak-38M Forger
Sayany-M – Tu-142M Bear-J
AG-56 – Tu-22M2 Backfire-B
OECM
AN/ALQ-117 and AN/ALQ-122 – B-52D Stratofortress
AN/ALT-28, AN/ALT-32H and AN/ALT-32L – B-52G Stratofortress
Radars
AN/APD-10 – RF-4B Phantom II and RF-4C Phantom II
AN/APQ-120v11 – F-4E Block 48 Phantom II, F-4G Wild Weasel V
Various Revised Items
Removed flare and chaff for:
MiG-25BM Foxbat
MiG-25P Foxbat
MiG-25PU Foxbat
Su-24A Fencer
SH-5 Maritime Bomber 5
AH-1J SeaCobra
SH-3H Sea King
Il-38 May
P-3C Orion
Revised Radars
Removed weapons channels from all ground based search radars. To my knowledge the ground based long range early warning radars found in game should not have the ability to guide in weapons from nearby SAMs however they can for some reason. From my research this should be impossible as the lack the data link frequencies to guide missiles and do not have the angular resolution to do so.
Revised Weapons
Revised AGM-84 Harpoon variants as AGM-84A-C lacked the additional air launched ranged. The extra air launched range was present on the D model so it was not improved there. (Removed due to it being accurate and bad sources).
Revised SA-10 SAM site
Revised the SA-10 into the SA-10B as it is the mobile variant, it now has the proper 5V55R missile instead of using the naval 5V55RM. Also changed the 91N6 Big Bird and 36D6 Tin Shield to match its physical in game model to 30N6 Flap Lid and 76N6 Clam Shell
Added various loadouts
Added loadouts to A-6E such as anti-tank, CAS and strike demo.
Reworked F-4D to have the strike demo with the Mark 118 demo bomb, F-4E strike demo to have AGM-62 Walleye IIs and F-4E Bl48 strike demo to have GBU-15s.
