Re: Full Thrust : Electronic Warfare

On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Phillip E. Pournelle wrote:
>	Fire Control directors are not used to track targets, only to
direct fire
> control systems.  They are a pencil width beam, you don't use them to
track
> targets, only to direct weapon systems...

would you actually need a director for a beam weapon? surely if you know
your relative positions accurately, from your tracking data, you can do
some vector maths and figure out where to point your beam.

furthermore, if combat occurs at above lightsecond ranges, your
direction
data will always be out of date, and so you will have to raster the
target area anyway; precision leaves the equation.

Tom