As the official rules stand, the ND is the worst piece of starship hardware available. It is outperformed by the laser in every way.
The fix Antony mentions are discussed here http://www.travellerfreeport.com/houserules/51-improving-tne-nuclear-dampers.html
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Roger Malmstein
www.travellerfreeport.com
From: Antony Farrell
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 7:20 AM
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Subject: RE: [Traveller_TNE] Re: nuclear dampener
>From the construction notes in FF&S it is a bit confusing whether ND
projectors are point defence weapons (they need a beam pointer) and
therefore can only take out one missile each per combat round (two for a
critical success) or are area defence weapons which attack everything within
their range. Any clarifications on this? In the past we house ruled this so
that the ND projector projected a cone with the beam pointer at its axis
allowing a simultaneous attack on every missile in the target hex.
Antony