Re: DS2 VTOL vs ADS

In a message dated 98-02-02 00:44:01 EST, you write:

<< < Unless I misread the rules, ADS is not a GMS/H, but a direct-fire
weapon,
 and
  ADS fire is resolved *before* the VTOL fire.	It would not be a duel
any
VTOL
  would be very keen to enter into unless it had better ECM than the
ADS.  It
 is
  not for nothing that air defense systems are a high-priority targets
even
  today.  Once your ground units destroy enemy air defenses, your air
units
can
  attack with relative impunity.  That's the essence of combined arms
  operations.
   >>
 
 ADS get unlimited opportunity fire, but the range of ADS is 36 inchs,
the
 range of GMS/H is 48 inchs. The ADS can only has a chance of taking out
the
 missle not the launch platform. A/C in high mode can strike with
immpunity.
  >>
I wrote this as a follow-up to my earlier post in which I suggested
extending
the range of ADS to 48 inches against aircraft in high mode.  I still
think
this is the simplest and easiest method of adressing the issue of
aircraft
invulnerability without introducing "wonder weapons" and unbalancing the
game.

Regards,
Mike  Jasinski