Re: The Osa missile boat -- small strike units

--- Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@telia.com> wrote:

> However, they're quite vulnerable if the enemy is
> able to back away
> (eg. using the 'moving table' described on FT2 p.28,
> or not tied down
> by very slow ships or a fixed base which must be
> defended), because
> then the missile boats have to get inside the enemy
> weapons range
> before they can launch... and since they are so
> brittle, they die
> *fast* once inside enemy weapons range. They also
> need either
> anti-fighter weapons of their own, or anti-fighter
> escorts :-/

That's why I discarded them when I put together a
"real" fleet doctrine.	I still keep their STL cousins
around as part of system defense fleets, though.

John

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