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

[Nyrath the nearly wise <nyrath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

john tailby wrote:
> 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?

	Density.

	Lasers deposit all their energy on the surface of the target.

	Particle beams actually deposit their energy several centimeters
	inside the target, but the beam tends to bloom while in transit,
	making it difficult to maintain a dense beam.

	Drake's powerguns magically manage to have all the advantages
	of particle beams but with none of the disadvantages.

	http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/rocket3x.html#particle
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