Re: [FT] Salvo Missiles with warheads? really? :)
From: "Bif Smith" <bif@b...>
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:43:03 -0000
Subject: Re: [FT] Salvo Missiles with warheads? really? :)
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From: Derek Fulton <derekfulton@bigpond.com>
To: Gzg mailing list <gzg-l@scotch.csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 11:00 AM
Subject: [FT] Salvo Missiles with warheads? really? :)
> G'Day
>
> With all the comments on ortillery and the initial comments on MT
missile
> warheads and the warheads on SMs, I have one question to ask......
>
> Do salvo missiles actually have warheads? Do they really need them?
> Regardless of how much distance a MU represents in the your game the
SMs
> travel very fast, the kinetic energy of a SM running into the target
ship
> will probably be enough to make a warhead superfluous to requirement.
>
> Well that's one way of looking at it.
>
> Derek
>
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>
I always thought that SM warheads are either kinetic warhead or very
good
convetional warheads delivered at high velocities, with minimal terminal
maneuvering. Laser warheads are the province of MT missiles.
Just my ideas.
BIF