Re: The Brain's EMP Missiles

From: "Roger Burton West" <roger@firedrake.org>

> >You don't need everyone to have them - just enough so
> >that committing 30% of your fleet budget for 10 years
> >to one ship is a Bad Idea if you have to fight any one
> >of a number of likely opponents.
> 
> They don't even need to exist. "Gosh, Bob's Empire is building a
> dreadplanet and it'll be ready in five years (we've only just found
out
> about it). Next year we'll lay down some small missile carriers."

Exactly.