Re: fighters (shorter than the last rant)

>
>Not necessarily if you assume the fighters are either
>1)escorting the strike in, or 2)defending the target
>in the first place.  Which is the role I've seen most
>interceptors in in Full Thrust.

Traditionally Interceptors have been either big and fast with lots of 
stores or somewhere below that. Their primary tactic wasn't to 
dogfight per say, rather to make slashing tactics on the target at 
high speed.

This is how the P-38's worked best given their larger size and 
additional armament. This is how the F-14's work. Certain smaller 
aircraft are just better at the dogfight due to higher 
maneuverability.

For me, the ideal interceptor in FT is a Heavy Fast Interceptor. It's 
very NAC (In the tradition of the P-38, F-14, F-22, F-15, Super 
Sabre, Gladiator, etc) in feel. If anything, just a Heavy Interceptor 
at minimum. Of course the F-22 would be a Fast, Heavy, Long Range 
Interceptor....lots of $/£.
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