Fw: Fw: Weapons for Newtonian based FTIII

On Mon, 5 May 97 11:32:01 PDT, you wrote:

>Newtonian Missiles use their thrust ratings for the two or three 
>turns they are active and then effectively become mines with momentum. 

>Therefore, it became clear that counter Measures like Sand Clouds would
> become important.

Sandy Goh then Wrote.......

>My take on this is that the computer is smart enough to save the last
>burn of fuel for the terminal part of the flight, in case the target
>tried to evade.

I agree, In Newtonian Full Thrust the missile should be allowed three
'burns', they don't have to be on concurrent turns, you could indeed
drop
the missiles and not have them 'burn' till a few turns later for
example.

Regards......
Roger