Re: FT: sensors

On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Sean Bayan Schoonmaker wrote:

> >Can fighters make any sort of identification before making an attack?
> >(I recently was in a battle when the enemy's 24 torpedo fighters
attacked
> >my smallest ship not knowing anything about my fleet composition)
> 
> I would say yes. They would have the same range as passive sensors.

or possibly less; a fighter carries a smaller sensor array than a ship,
even though there may be 6 in a group (and hence interferometry,
synthetic
apertures and that). passive sensors but with half the range?

tom