Re: [FT] Crew quality house rules

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:32:46 +1100, Robertson, Brendan
<Brendan.Robertson@dva.gov.au> wrote:
> Still maintains my premise:
> The missiles weren't ready to fire when required (maintainance) and
the
> Israelis charged under the effective range of the enemies weapons
> (initiative).  You could probably call having ECM a form of Damage
Control
> (no hits mean no damage to fix).
> 
> Brendan
> 'Neath Southern Skies

My read of that suggested that they instead fired the missiles as soon
as they had lock, but not when the missiles were actually ready for
launch, as the missile's internal Gyros were not warmed up and
stabillized. Without said prepping, the missiles would just function
as fancy ballistic missiles and would miss anything that was not
perfectly still.

In any case, it really dosen't change the arguement and in fact
reinforces the human element. If you don't know how your fancy weapons
work, you might as well be using slingshots.