Re: Real Space Combat Help:

At 01:06 09/04/97 -0500,Mark S. you wrote:
>	1.  Which would be better suited for space combat: lasers or
particle beam
weapons?

Neither, Sand or smart missiles that detonate to sand at close range.

>	2.  How does a directed energy beam weapon damage a target?

By heat build up

>	3.  Which sort of missile warhead would be better suited for
space
>combat?  Nuke or kinetic kill?

K.E. kill, the radiation will spread at c and get you too!

>	4.  I've heard that it would be a good idea to depressurize a
warship
>before going into combat (the crew would be in space suits).  Why would
>that help?

Hull breach resulting in a rapid decompression-killing crew,unrestrain 
objects flying around. On a plus, it stops oxygenated fires

>Jon (top cat)
	
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