Re: Fighters

At 8:34 AM -0700 5/6/02, Brian Bilderback wrote:
>
>This actually makes sense.  IF the problem iswith fighters in genral 
>and not just vs FB1 designs, it's a logical way of addressing it.
>
>I must say I do see your point about fighter range vs. PDS range. 
>Perhaps reducing the range at which fighters can attack, or 
>increasing PDS kill ratios, would make sense as well.

So then it would require even more fighters for carriers to be useful.

The current issue is that fighters have to pummel a ship to bits 
before it is dead. In the ocean you let X amount of water into the 
hull and it sinks. That was why torpedo's were so awful for any kind 
of ship when launched from Aircraft.
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