Re: FT-HH LAC`s
From: Michael Llaneza <maserati@f...>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 08:02:17 -0700
Subject: Re: FT-HH LAC`s
At 7:16 AM -0400 10/11/00, Laserlight wrote:
> > Another point is that missiles pull 45,000 Gs, while ships top out
in
> > the low 500s. A 90-1 ratio, so ships are effectively stationary
>> targets for missiles.
>
>Stationary if they haven't built up their velocity, that is.
It's a relative thing, the emphasis herein is on "effectively". The
shp can't change its vector by nearly as much as a missile can,
within the (fairly high) delta-v limitations of the missile.
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