Re: Soap bubbles?

On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 06:40:36 -0800 "Bradley, Jason (US - Minneapolis)" 
<jabradley@deloitte.com> wrote:

> Being new to FT, I am wondering what exactly a "Soap Bubble" Carrier
is?

One that is basically a large box to carry fighters in -- lots of 
hangar bays, but weak structure and little else in the way of 
weapons, defences and other systems (so that it has the spare mass, 
etc. for all those fighters without costing too much). It has a lot of 
long-range hitting power, courtesy of the fighters, but let the bad 
guys get close to it, and it goes pop very quickly.

Phil
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