Am I missing something here? I tried playing this mission a couple times through, but I noticed that you cannot arm torpedoes on any of the 3 available bomber ship types. In the briefing it mentions I believe the 'Cyclops' Torpedoes are available to take the ship down. The only missiles available are the Hornets and another basic dumbfire one. Without them, our bomber wings get totally obliterated.
I'm using v3.6.7 SCP with the updated visual & audio files, in OpenGL mode.
On a side note, is the nebulae effects updated from the originals, because though I've never played the retail version, it's like flying in pea-soup, which is interesting, but it hardly affects your radar or targeting systems unless they're a LOOONG way off.