Nope. Coop engagement works when youre tied in to the net. Submarines by unfortunate virtue of their operating medium must spend long periods divorced from external comms.
Some of the major navies are moving towards fully autonmous long-range land-attack weapons but significant problems exist using SSK’s in this role without having dozens of SSKs to cope with the overhead of strike tasked units.
We are talking about long ranged missiles, right? So…
Prior to SSK engaging, i.e. firing the missile, the SSK is already at or near PD. Which means that it is fully capable of “interacting” with the outside world. And in today’s environment and particularly the environment that exists in that part of the seas, mainly the high merchant traffic, the shooter has to get a confirmed ID on the target. Where does the “divorced from external comms” aspect come into play?
It only comes into play during the stalk and transit into and out of the OPS area, not during the shoot.
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