Re: [GZG] Re: Gzg-l Digest, Vol 11, Issue 26

["john tailby" <John_Tailby@xxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nyrath the nearly wise" <nyrath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Of course this mainly happens since said super hovertanks
> are armed with utterly science fictional "powerguns"
> that convert each round of ammo into
> a dense bolt of copper plasma traveling
> near the speed of light.
>
> Aircraft will be much safer if the tanks were
> merely armed with lasers or something.

Why would aircraft be safer if the tanks were armed with lasers or other 
particle cannons that fire particles at the speed of light as opposed to the 
slower plasma bullet?

If the aircraft can have the same weaponry and everyone has LOS range then 
it comes down to who has the best sensors and the ability to evade or 
survive the attack.

If ground vehicles can mount heavier weapons than aircraft (which seems 
likely to me in a universe without big antigravity lifters) then tanks can 
possibly hit harder and further than planes. It comes down to targeting 
capabilities.

If you have efficient antigravity capacities then you get a merging of plane 
and tank into a suborbital gunship equally at home just above the ground or 
in the upper atmosphere.

The Slammer universe seems odd if big LOS rule because that leads into why 
are none LOS weapons not used? Self guided smart munitions give a big stand 
off capability without the LOS weapons being able to retaliate. 


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