Re: [FT] F***ters

Hugh Fisher wrote:
> 
>  (Apologies if this turns up twice, my outgoing mail seems
>  to be behaving oddly.)
> 
> >The problem is that under the current rules fighters have a
non-linear
> >effectiveness because they can swarm an enemy (who will eventually
run
> >out of PDS). So having eight fighter groups that move as a single
unit
> >is worth a lot more than eight times one fighter group.
> 
>  OK, I think I have a better understanding of the non-linearity
>  problem now.
> 
>  Suppose a ship can only be attacked by the fighters of one
>  carrier in any turn?
> 
>  Rationale would be that since all the fighters are buzzing about
>  in the same small volume of space, it takes some pretty good
>  command & control and training not to shoot each other. (In the
>  current US Navy, do strikes ever mix fighters from more than one
>  carrier?)

I don't think we've ever had that situation occur with the
current US Navy. But back in WWII, remember Midway. Both sides.

Mk