Re: Fighters

Roger Burton West schrieb:

> I continue to maintain that space-fighters are going to 
> be _nothing_ like atmosphere-fighters, for the simple reason that 
> there isn't the difference in media - an F-14 is going to be going at

> least ten times as fast as a carrier, because it's in air rather than
in 
> water. Therefore speed of strike isn't the reason that space-fighters

> exist. 

A better analogy than spaceships as carrier/battleships vs. airplanes
might be that of the spaceship as a heavy bomber and a FT fighter as,
well, a fighter. Speed differential of no more than a factor of 3, but
a significant difference in maneuvrability. 

There have even been various experiments with heavy bombers carrying
fighters for their own defence. Technically feasible, but of dubious
tactical value.

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