Re: Fw: Weapons for Newtonian based FTIII

On Mon, 5 May 97 11:32:01 PDT, you wrote:

>Newtonian Missiles use their thrust ratings for the two or three 
>turns they are active and then effectively become mines with momentum. 

>Therefore, it became clear that counter Measures like Sand Clouds would
> become important.

My take on this is that the computer is smart enough to save the last
burn of fuel for the terminal part of the flight, in case the target
tried to evade. Of course, you could shoot the missiles out of a mass
driver cannon to give them a speed boost, and also chuck slugs at
people at close range with the same gun.

Sandy Goh (sandy@artica.demon.co.uk)