Re: Dirtside Question: Zero or low G combat

G'day Noel,

 >In a nutshell, we are not only dealing with visibility issues.
 >I know it would be hard to account for, but how much would
 >the sensors be effected by a shorter horizon?

If they can "see" through or around the curvature of the planet then not
a 
lot, the question then becomes what happens to the round if you still
fire 
at the longer ranges? I guess missiles would go with the curvature, but 
wouldn't lasers etc just keep going (ignoring deflections off the 
atmosphere) straight off the planet (and so the horizon becomes the 
effective upper range anyway)?

Cheers

Beth

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