RE: Slow planes was: Battle blimps

Of course in a sci-fi campaign with FTL travel, aerospace fighters
and anti-grav, getting to any altitude is not difficult (just, 
prehaps, expensive).

I imagine that Very long range salvo missiles and fighters are a
major part of planetary defense. So diverting some of these 
resources (after the space based threat is dimished) would not
be out of the question (cost vs. value gained may however, 
reduce this likelyhood).

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Brian Bell
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-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Johnson [mailto:adrian.johnson@sympatico.ca]
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 03:41
To: gzg-l@scotch.csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: RE: Slow planes was: Battle blimps

[snip]

But if you were on station at 80,000 - 100,000 feet, the other guys need
some pretty specialized equipment to get to you.  Good high-altitude
capable combat aircraft, high-altitude missiles, etc.  And if you use
passive and active stealth systems on the airship, it would be very hard
to
get to.  Not for someone with good modern tech., but over someplace like
Afghanistan, for example, it could be *really* useful.