Re: [SG2] weapons
From: Brian B <greywanderer987@y...>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:57:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: [SG2] weapons
--- "laserlight@quixnet.net" <laserlight@quixnet.net>
wrote:
> I'd say that if arty can beat PDS, then a direct
> fire weapon can also beat
> PDS.
But as OO has pointed out, not all arty can - and the
kinds that can are heftier than what you could
probably deliver via RR.
Whether it does it by being sneaky, or having
> submunitions, or
> whatever,
Here's the problem -- you're starting to pile more and
more expensive technology into a system that's
intended to be a cheap alternative to an expensive but
effective system, just to make the cheap system
marginally effective. Seems very Rube Goldberg-ish to me...
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"Teach a man to make fire, and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on
fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life." -- John A.
Hrastar
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