RE: [DS] Gently -- Capacity, Points

Ryan M Gill  wrote:

>Umm, nope. There isn't a pitch up per say, rather it flys directly
>over the target (just above line of sight) and has the shaped charge
>jet angled to the side of the missile (down on the target's roof.)
>There isn't much of an arc in this missiles flight path.

Still, in order to be ABOVE the top of the target, it has to fly at a
higher 
altitude than a missile aiming into the SIDE of the target (Whether it 
"pops" up over the target or simply flies straight at a high enough 
altitude).  Given future tech, a side-attack missile could conceivably
take 
Nap-of-the-Earth to extremes, flying no more than a foot or two above
the 
ground.  A straigh-flying top attacker would still have to be at least
as 
high off the ground as the top of it's target, plus a tidge.  even this 
slight difference in flight altitudes could tip the balance for ADS/PDS.
 In 
fact, a straight-flying top-attacker would be at a higher/easier to hit 
altitude LONGER than a last minute pop-up missile, and thus conceivably
be 
EASIER to hit.

Of course, ultimately I'll yield to OO's opinion on this subject, since
he 
actually works on the SOB's

3B^2

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