That would definitely work, as it is based on the assumption of a pure
ballistic course, rather than combat maneuvering.
>From that standpoint, carrying skin-to-skin contact missiles DOES make
sense in order to finish off cripples and other non-maneuvering targets.
Dave
> I had a concept a long tine ago for a solomani system that was basically a
> stealthed satellite you'd dump near a gas giant or planet with passive
> sensors and a big mass driver. It just sat there looking for ships coming
> in to refuel and if they didn't transmit the proper codes it'd lob a whack
> of 1kg objects at where it figured the ship and objects would come
> together based on an unchanging fueling run. I forget how fast these
> things were moving.
>
> Derek Stanley
> Sent from my iPhone...
>
> On 2012-06-25, at 9:57, wrote:
>
>> John--
>>
>> You are correct in all of your points. And I want to be careful when
>> presenting a different point of view so that it doesn't sound like I'm
>> telling you you're wrong. We did the same paths of thinking and just
>> came
>> up with a different answer that made sense to us. And I liked the idea
>> of
>> lots of missiles with various HE, HEAT, gas, or flechette warheads, but
>> was eventually persuaded that nuke-pumped X-ray lasers was the answer
>> that
>> would probably stand the test of time.
>>
>>
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