Re: DS2/SG2 artillery

On 29-Nov-99 at 11:19, Ryan M Gill (monty@arcadia.turner.com) wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Los wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I still don't get the assumption that something fired form 200 miles
> > (ortillery) up will be more accurate (or cost effective) than
something
> > fired from 10 miles away (SP arty) from the ground. I can't make
that
> > leap of faith very easily since ground based fire technology wion't
be
> > moving forward just as well as space-based fire control.
> 
> It may not be as acurrate, but it will have a much longer flight time.

> You wanna wait 40 minutes for a  firemission to land fromthe time you 
> request it?

My question is why would your ortillery fire from 200 miles away.  We
have what, about 3 miles of atmosphere?  That space based artillery
could be 5 miles away.	As for flight times, both are going to be
insignificant.

Roger